The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.

[4] It was on its cut-off line from Melton Mowbray to Nottingham, which had opened the previous year to allow the railway company's expresses between London and the North to avoid reversal at Nottingham.

Local traffic was minimal and Upper Broughton closed to passengers as early as 1948.

Following the closure of the line as a through-route in 1968, the track between Melton Mowbray and Edwalton was converted for use as the Old Dalby Test Track, used initially for the Advanced Passenger Train project, then much later the Class 390 Pendolino units.

[8] The line was also used for the testing of London Underground 'S stock' trains built by Bombardier transportation.