The station was opened by the Buckinghamshire Railway in 1850 later becoming part of the London & North Western Railway. The station had two platforms and a small goods yard [1]. An oil distribution depot was build next to the station before the Second World War, after the war it was taken over by Esso and used until 1974, two sidings were built to serve the depot [2].
The station however was closed in 1968 along with other stations along the line when British Rail ceases passenger services between Oxford and Bletchley. Network South East reopened Islip in 1989, this time as a single platform halt. The original wooden station buildings being lost. The station was rebuilt in the mid-2010s along with the upgrade of the line to Oxford with services through from London Marylebone.
Islip now has two platforms again and the usual collection bus shelters and information points of an unstaffed station. The station is in a shallow cutting with ramps from the road level. Access between the platforms is via a footbridge. The station is managed by Chiltern Railways.
Chiltern 168 215 headas through bound for Oxford
View from the footbridge
Station sign
View from the access ramp, the station is in a shallow cutting
Looking towards Oxford
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Oxford to Bletchley (Middleton Press, 2005) Map. VIII [2] Ibid. Fig. 32
