Creswell had two railway stations. Creswell & Welbeck (known locally as Top Station) was opened by the LD&ECR in 1897 and closed in September 1939. Elmton and Creswell (known as Bottom Station) was on the Midland Railway line running between and . The line and station closed in October 1964, leaving the village without a rail service. From 1993 the line was reopened northwards from Nottingham in stages under the name Robin Hood Line. The final section from to Worksop was reopened in 1998, with the old Bottom Station reopening as plain "Creswell".