The station was designed by Weightman & Hadfield, Sheffield[1] in the Jacobean style, and built by James Drabble, Carlton in Lindrick.

[2] It is today an intermediate stop on the regional service between Lincoln Central and Leeds (15+3⁄4 miles (25.3 km) from Sheffield) operated by Northern Trains, and is the northern terminus of East Midlands Railway' Robin Hood Line between Worksop and Nottingham via Mansfield (the section from the latter town was re-opened to passengers on 25 May 1998, after originally losing them to the Beeching Axe in October 1964).

Worksop Power signal box (PSB), which was opened in 1998, is located at the western end of the station on the Retford-bound platform, and there are a number of goods loops and sidings close by that are used for stabling and reversing/recessing coal trains serving the nearby power stations at West Burton and Cottam.

Canopies provide covered waiting areas on both platforms – these are also fully accessible for disabled passengers.

Train running information is offered via automatic announcements, timetable posters and digital display screens.