It is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line, which was engineered by George Stephenson and opened by the Midland Railway on 3 August 1846.

[2] The contractors for the line were Craven and Son of Newark and Nottingham;[2] The Grade II listed[1] station building in aggressive Italianate style is dated ca.

Some passengers jumped from the carriages, and a young woman 18 years of age, Miss Brewster of Stoke Bardolph, was killed.

[7] On 6 May 1848, Meynell Huntley, station master, was charged at Nottingham Assizes with embezzling money belonging to the Midland Railway.

At the trial in July held before Lord Chief Justice Denman he pleaded guilty to the theft of three cheques with a total value of £30 6s (equivalent to £3,843 in 2023).

[9] He was imprisoned in the Hulks at Woolwich[10] until he was transported on the Hashemy[11] which departed England on 19 July 1850 and arrived in Western Australia on 25 October 1850.

[19] Trains are frequent throughout the day and, according to local media, it is the second most-used station on the Nottingham-Lincoln line, after Newark Castle.