[2] The initial service provided by the Midland Railway was eleven trains each day to and from Derby.

This branch had been wholly closed to passenger traffic by 1930, and the diminished importance of Pear Tree and Normanton station as a result contributed to its closure on 4 March 1968.

On 4 October 1976, the branch line was partially reopened as far as Sinfin in order to transport workers to and from the Rolls-Royce plant there.

Although the Sinfin branch was closed to passengers in 1998, Peartree has remained open as a result of its location on the main line.

In January 2007, the station had no signage denoting the location[10] and the platforms were in an exceedingly poor state of repair, but by April 2009 it had been refurbished with new lighting and new signs installed.