The original station was modest, with four sidings and a single platform, plus additional run around facilities sandwiched between the hillside and Hubberston Pill. Initial services comprised a local service running back and forth between Milford and Johnston, where passengers could connect with Great Western services from New Milford. By 1871, services had grown to seven daily in each direction, many connecting with passenger services from New Milford at Johnston. The trains using the line were operated by Great Western Railway who had part funded the original railway. It initially rented use of the line, although in 1896 absorbed The Milford Railway Company. In the 1930s many improvements were made, including narrowing the course of the Pill, extra side loops and goods yards. By 1923 the Milford Station Master was re-graded as a special class post, supported by twelve booking clerks and up to ten porters.