The station was opened for passengers on 2 February 1880 by the Midland Railway on its cut-off line from to, which had opened the previous year to allow the railway company's expresses between London and the North to avoid reversal at Nottingham.
The station was opened for passengers on 2 February 1880 by the Midland Railway on its cut-off line from to. The station was opened for passengers on 2 February 1880 by the Midland Railway on its cut-off the North to avoid reversal at Nottingham. Line from to had opened the previous year. This was to allow the railway company's expresses between London.