The builders of the railway faced a good deal of opposition at Burton Joyce, which resulted in the station being outside of the village.

The preferred site of the railway company was near to the Lord Nelson inn, but the innkeeper objected on the grounds that he would have to brew more beer.

John Rolleston, near whose vicarage the line was to run, objected to the railway on account of the noise.

[1] The line was engineered by George Stephenson and was opened by the Midland Railway on 3 August 1846.

Trains call every two hours each way throughout the day, with additional services at peak times and evenings between Lincoln to Nottingham and Leicester.