It was closed to all traffic by British Railways in December 1951, primarily due to the prohibitive cost of repairing and maintaining Bolsover Tunnel.

[2] Track lifting started immediately after closure and was completed within weeks, though the station building survived as an increasingly vandalised eyesore for some years.

[3] The station was built in Carr Vale and was one of only two places on the LD&ECR where a level crossing was necessary,[4] the other being Skellingthorpe.

[5][6] To the west was Doe Lea Viaduct and to the east was a 300-foot-high (91 m) limestone ridge through which it was necessary to drive the notorious Bolsover Tunnel.

The station architecture was in the company's characteristic modular style[7][8] with much glazing[9] as were, for example, Arkwright Town, Edwinstowe and Ollerton.