Trains to Leicester - Station Details and further Information on Leicester Train Services
Leicester train station serves the City of Leicester in Leicestershire, England. The first station on the site opened in the Victorian era, in 1840, though this was replaced in 1894 by a new station (parts of which still stand). Up until the closure of Central, Belgrave Road and West Bridge Railway stations it was known as Leicester London Road. Rail routes run north-south through Leicester along the route known as the Midland Main Line, going south to Kettering, Bedford, Luton and London; and north to Derby, Nottingham, Lincoln, Sheffield and Leeds.
Main line train services into Leicester are operated by East Midlands Trains. There are regular services to London, Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield and limited direct services to/from Leeds, York and Lincoln. From 2010 a limited through service to Skegness is proposed. Local services from Birmingham to Cambridge and Stansted Airport are provided by CrossCountry.
East Midlands Local provide the local services throughout the East Midlands with hourly services to Loughborough, Nottingham and Lincoln. The station gets four East Midlands London trains to/from London per hour, going to Sheffield, Nottingham or Derby, with additional trains, during the peaks. From December 2008 they will run a mainline service to Lincoln. |