Hinckley railway station

Hinckley
National Rail
Hinckley railway station in 2019.
General information
LocationHinckley, Hinckley and Bosworth
England
Coordinates52°32′06″N 1°22′19″W / 52.5350°N 1.3719°W / 52.5350; -1.3719
Grid referenceSP427932
Managed byEast Midlands Railway[1]
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHNK[2]
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Original companySouth Leicestershire Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1861Opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.349 million
2019/20Increase 0.350 million
2020/21Decrease 54,204
2021/22Increase 0.198 million
2022/23Increase 0.235 million
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hinckley railway station serves the town of Hinckley and village of Burbage in Leicestershire, England.

The station is on the CrossCountry Birmingham to Peterborough Line between Leicester and Birmingham New Street and is about 4 miles (6 km) east of Nuneaton.

The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, who do not operate services from this station. Only CrossCountry operate trains from here.[3]

A full range of tickets for travel is available from the station ticket office when it is open (06:40—13:00 Monday to Saturday, closed on Sundays), or at other times from either the ticket machines or the guard on the train at no extra cost.[4]

  1. ^ "Hinckley (Leics) (HNK)". National Rail.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". CRS, NLC, TIPLOC and STANOX Codes | Railway Codes.
  3. ^ "Hinckley (Leics) Train Station". Cross Country Trains.
  4. ^ "Hinckley (Leics)". East Midlands Railway.