Opened by the Midland Railway as Alfreton on 1 May 1862, the station was renamed Alfreton and South Normanton on 7 November 1891 [REF].
When the station reopened on 7 May 1973, it was given the name Alfreton and Mansfield Parkway,[REF] as the nearby town of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire did not have a railway station of its own (in fact, it was then the largest town in Britain without one).