The Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway opened in 1879 from Saxondale Junction, a few miles east of the station.
The London and North Western Railway then provided a Nottingham to Northampton service which ceased in 1953.
From 7 January 1963 passenger steam trains between Grantham, Bottesford, Elton and Orston, Aslockton, Bingham, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield and Colwick, Nottingham London-road (High Level) and Nottingham (Victoria) were replaced with diesel-multiple unit trains.
[6] As of December 2010 there are five trains each day to Nottingham and four to Skegness, with a single late evening service terminating at Boston.
[7] All services are provided by East Midlands Railway, usually using Class 158 or Class170 units.