The original station gate posts still exist and form the pedestrian entrance to the Magistrates' Courts area.

During 1869, the Midland Railway purchased the West Croft Canal arm, filling it and building additional parallel tracks to south.

On 18 August 1896, a light engine, running tender first, was passing through the station when it collided with six empty fish trucks.

[10] The station's forebuildings were opened to passengers without any formal ceremony on 17 January 1904, although next day the Evening News reported that the platforms were still in a state of chaos and were not expected to be ready for another nine months.

The Evening News commented on the public's admiration of the style and elegance of the station approaches and booking hall; it went on to describe the day's events.

[16] The tram stop itself was substantial, with a small station building containing a waiting area housing steps and a lift to reach the street below.

[16] Plans for a multi-million pound refurbishment and redevelopment of the station were unveiled by junior government minister Norman Baker on 5 October 2010.

The redevelopment also included the construction of another platform, more shops and a bridge to carry Nottingham Express Transit trams over the top of the station.

[21][22] East Midlands Development Agency stated they would contribute £9.5 million to the project, but had to reduce this amount following government cuts.

[18][23] In July 2009, the then Transport Minister, Sadiq Khan, gave conditional approval for the city council to use funds raised from their controversial Workplace Parking Levy to contribute to the redevelopment.

[18][20] In 2001, the architects Building Design Partnership (BDP) were appointed as the lead consultants,[26]: 3 [27][28][29] using the same team that had redeveloped Manchester Piccadilly based on an estimate of £550,000[26]: 4  and in cooperation with Posford Rail, MVA, Jones Lang LaSalle and Bovis Lend Lease.

[40]: 1  Remodelling and re-signalling costing £11.6 million were approved on 15 May 2009 by the Network Rail Investment Board[41] and took place as part of Control Period 4 (CP4), between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2014.

[51][52][53] On 18 August 1919 the Chief Inspector of Railways John Wallace Pringle visited Nottingham Midlands Station "in connection with this matter".

[54][55][56][57] By March 1920 local employer Boots the Chemist were offering to pay the Midland Railway £100 (equivalent to £4,800 in 2023)[58] for maintenance of the Trent Street entrance.

[59][60][61] [62] [63][64] On 27 April 1920 a petition was submitted to Parliament "signed by the Mayor, Sheriff, and the Town Clerk on behalf of the civic authorities of Nottingham, the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, and the members of the Council, and 18,000 other users of the railway".

From 28 October 2024 East Midlands Railway had planned to inhibit access from platforms 1–6 (via the footbridge and the public right of way) to both Queen's Road (south) and Trent Street (north) entrances.

[74][75] Taxi drivers based at the Trent Street exit were not informed of the pilot closure and had seen significantly reduced business.

[76] Leader of Nottingham City Council Neghat Khan met with EMR on 12 November 2024[77] and stated that the closure was "crazy".

[86] Following a public inquiry held during 8–9 November 2011, the stopping up order was denied; the inspector summing up:[81]: 8 [87][88]Footpath 28 is unique and offers an experience which the alternative, replacement route cannot – a traffic free route within the city, which in addition provides a convenient link for a large number of users to and from residential areas, work places and other facilities.

Thus, I conclude that the Order should not be confirmed.The footbridge was scheduled to be closed temporarily in November 2017; the reasons given were "making improvements" and "essential maintenance work".

It replaced the previous Station Street tram stop, opened in 2004, which was located approximately 100 metres (330 ft) to the north.

The new stop served as the new southern terminus of the system until the rest of NET's phase two opened, at which point it became a through station, with trams continuing to new termini in Chilwell and Clifton.

[104] In August 2019, a 34-year-old drug addict received a two-year jail sentence, having admitted to accidentally setting fire to a bin while using heroin and crack.

A second concourse opens off the main concourse at the southern end of its eastern side; this runs parallel and to the south of the platforms, giving access by stairs, lifts and escalators to the tram stop, the station car park, taxi rank, vehicular pick-up and drop-off points, and Queen Street.

[15]: 3–5 [107] The station's multi-storey car park lies south of the platforms, north of Queen Street, and east of the tram bridge.

It provides parking for about 800 cars and the covered area below it houses the station's new taxi rank, pick-up and drop-off points, relocated from the old porte-cochère.

[15]: 3–5 [107] The railway platforms lie at a lower level than the station entrance and are within a ticket barrier enforced paid area.

[15]: 7 [108] The new tram stop is positioned at a higher level than the station entrance and lies at a right angle to, and above, the railway platforms.

South of the new stop, the tracks pass over Queen's Road before descending a ramp and re-joining the city's streets at ground level.

[109] Monday to Friday off-peak service patterns as of June 2024 in trains per hour (tph) and trains per day (tpd): East Midlands Railway:[110] CrossCountry:[111] Northern:[112] Nottingham station is on the common section of the NET, where line 1, between Hucknall and Toton Lane, and line 2, between Phoenix Park and Clifton South, operate together.