History
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.
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 50 yards (46 m) 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.
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