It was built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, with the opening of the line, in 1848.

Nowadays it is on the "Grimsby - Lincoln - Newark" line and is managed by East Midlands Railway.

The typical off-peak service is one train every two hours in each direction between Grimsby Town and Leicester via Lincoln and Nottingham.

A number of late evening services continue beyond Grimsby Town to and from Cleethorpes.

[3] On Sundays, the station is served by three trains per day in each direction between Cleethorpes and Nottingham during the summer months only.