Alfreton is a penalty fare station when travelling on East Midlands Railway services.

The British Railways Board closed the station to passengers on 2 January 1967, due to the Beeching Axe, and the buildings and platforms were subsequently demolished.

The station is staffed through the day, with the ticket office open 06:45 - 18:00 Mondays - Saturdays and 10:30 - 18:00 Sundays.

Train running information is provided by digital CIS screens, automatic announcements, timetable posters and a customer help point on platform 1.

There is generally an hourly East Midlands Railway Local service northbound to Liverpool Lime Street via Sheffield and southbound to Norwich via Nottingham.