The station is located on the line first opened by the
Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway in 1850 and taken over by the
Great Northern Railway. 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. The station was renamed from
Netherfield & Colwick to
Netherfield on 6 May 1974. Netherfield station also marks the junction for the disused line to Gedling, which separates to the north east of Netherfield. The branch then goes under the
A612 road, bridges the Nottingham to Lincoln line, crosses over the A612 and terminates at Gedling coal mine. ==Current services ==