Leicester  | |||||
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 Leicester railway station as seen from London Road (Northern Entrance) | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Leicester, City of Leicester England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°37′55″N 1°07′26″W / 52.632°N 1.124°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SK593041 | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | LEI | ||||
| Classification | DfT category B | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Midland Counties Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 5 May 1840 | Opened as Leicester | ||||
| 1 June 1867 | Renamed Leicester Campbell Street | ||||
| 12 June 1892 | Renamed Leicester London Road | ||||
| 1894 | First Rebuild | ||||
| 5 May 1969 | Renamed Leicester | ||||
| 1978 | Second rebuild | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  5.582 million | ||||
| 2019/20 |  5.323 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.487 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 1.042 million | ||||
| Interchange | 78,735 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 3.549 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.276 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 4.870 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.423 million | ||||
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Leicester railway station (formerly Leicester Campbell Street and Leicester London Road) is a mainline railway station in the city of Leicester in Leicestershire, England. The station is managed by East Midlands Railway and owned by Network Rail. The station is served by CrossCountry and East Midlands Railway services. It is the busiest station in Leicestershire, the second busiest station in the East Midlands, and the fifth busiest station in the Midlands as a whole.[1]
Leicester station was opened in 1840 by the Midland Counties Railway and rebuilt in 1894 and 1978. It is on the Midland Main Line, which runs from London St Pancras to Sheffield and Nottingham. It is 99 miles 7 chains (159.5 km) north of London St Pancras.