It stands next to a level crossing and is approximately 600 yards from the town centre.

The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway.

The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost.

The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.