Today Leicester railway station

a map of east midlands trains intercity services showing current service pattern each hour

rail routes run north-south through leicester along route known midland main line, going south kettering, bedford, luton , london; , north derby, nottingham, lincoln, sheffield , leeds.

junctions north , south of station link east-west cross country route, going east peterborough , cambridge; , west nuneaton , birmingham.

ivanhoe line
birmingham peterborough line
midland main line
leicester , swannington railway

train operators using station include crosscountry , east midlands trains. due 15 mph maximum speed south of station, passenger trains stop @ station. until winter 2008 timetable, morning southbound master cutler express leeds london st pancras exception although calls.

leicester bottleneck station has 4 platforms. platforms utilised, platforms 2 , 3 receive freight passenger trains. freight loop goes east of station alongside carriage sidings run adjacent platform four.

platform 1 –

hourly local crosscountry service birmingham new street via hinckley
hourly semi-fast east midlands trains service sheffield via loughborough, long eaton , derby


platform 2 –

hourly fast east midlands trains service nottingham via east midlands parkway
hourly fast east midlands trains service sheffield, peak hour services leeds , weekend services york , scarborough
hourly semi-fast east midlands trains service nottingham via loughborough, peak hour services lincoln
hourly crosscountry service stansted airport via cambridge


platform 3 –

hourly fast east midlands trains service london st pancras
hourly semi-fast east midlands trains service london st. pancras via market harborough, kettering, wellingborough, bedford , luton airport parkway
second fast east midlands trains service london st. pancras via market harborough
hourly fast crosscountry service birmingham new street


platform 4 –

hourly fast east midlands trains service london st. pancras through sheffield
hourly east midlands trains ivanhoe service lincoln via syston , newark peak hour trains sleaford

the station interchange point between midland main line (mml) london st pancras leeds , services on cross country route birmingham through cambridge stansted airport , norwich. until mid twentieth century, station host through trains manchester , glasgow london, norwich liverpool , grimsby shrewsbury , llandudno.

leicester owned network rail , operated under franchise east midlands trains provide of trains london, along local services , inter-urban routes destinations such lincoln, nottingham, sheffield , leeds. other services provided crosscountry destinations such birmingham, cambridge , stansted airport.

more 5.5 million people entered , left station in twelve months march 2009, increase of on 1.2 million in 5 years. makes 53rd most-used network rail station , 25th-busiest outside central london area. in addition, estimated more 420,000 people used station change trains.

as of late 2009 leicester penalty fare station, valid ticket or permit travel must shown when requested.

the station offers plusbus scheme allows bus , train tickets bought @ saving.

services

main line train services leicester operated east midlands trains. there regular services london, nottingham, derby, sheffield , limited direct services to/from leeds, york , lincoln. 2010 limited through service skegness proposed. intermediate population centres served main line services include: market harborough, kettering, wellingborough, bedford, luton, loughborough, alfreton, doncaster , wakefield.

regional services birmingham cambridge , stansted airport via peterborough provided crosscountry. intermediate population centres served regional services include: south wigston, narborough, hinckley, nuneaton, coleshill, melton mowbray, oakham, stamford, ely , audley end.

east midlands trains provide local services throughout east midlands hourly services loughborough, nottingham , lincoln via east midlands parkway. intermediate population centres served local services include: syston, sileby, barrow upon soar, beeston , newark.,

the station served 4 main line trains to/from london per hour; these go through sheffield or nottingham, additional trains running during peak times.

bus connections

leicester part of plusbus scheme bus ticket can purchased alongside rail ticket giving unlimited travel on bus services in set area.