Complex sentence: The station was opened as "Clown" without ceremony on 1st November 1888, providing a service of six trains each way between Mansfield and Chesterfield, taking about an hour from end to end.
Split into simpler sentences: The station was opened without ceremony on 1st November 1888 as "Clown". It initially provided a service of six trains each way between Mansfield and Chesterfield, taking about an hour from end to end.