It was opened on the Midland Railway Melton direct route between London and Nottingham, avoiding Leicester.
The station was opened for goods on 1 November 1879,[1] and to passengers on 2 February 1880[1] by the Midland Railway.
The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.
This was used initially for the Advanced Passenger Train project and, more recently, Class 390 Pendolino units.
Edwalton itself was never part of the test track, the line stopping short at the A606 road bridge.