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 | | Location | | Place | Leicester | | Local authority | Leicester | | | Operations | | Managed by | Midland Mainline | | Platforms in use | 4 | | | Annual Passenger Usage | | 2004/05 * | 4.456 million | | History | | Key dates | Opened 1840
Rebuilt 1894 | | National Rail - UK railway stations | | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T
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Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands. ...
Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands. ...
Midland Mainline (MML) is a British train operating company owned by the National Express Group, created after the privatisation of British Rail. ...
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| | * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Leicester from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | | | Leicester station is a railway station in the city of Leicester, England. It is just east of the city centre, on London Road which is also the busy A6 road. Image File history File links Portal. ...
Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ...
Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified - by Athelstan 967 AD Area - Total 130,395 km² 50,346 sq mi Population - 2007 estimate...
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Leicester formally had two other mainline stations before the Beeching Axes, these were Leicester Central and Leicester Belgrave Road railway station. Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Governments attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running the British railway system. ...
Leicester Central was a railway station in Leicester. ...
Leicester Belgrave Road was a railway station in Leicester, England, situated on the Belgrave Road. ...
The platforms, railway lines, and car park are well-hidden from the nearby area as they are in cuttings for much of the approach to the station.
The station is second buisiest in the East Midlands handling around 20 per cent of all the regions passengers everyday. The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. ...
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Rail routes run north-south through Leicester, going south to London St Pancras and north to Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield, and Leeds. Syston junction links the Midland Main Line to the Peterborough line towards Cambridge, and Wigston junction to the south of the city, links the mainline to the Nuneaton and Birmingham New Street line. St Pancras station is a railway station in north central London, England, between the new British Library building to its west and Kings Cross station to its east. ...
Derby Midland Station (often called Derby Station) is a main line railway station serving the city of Derby in England. ...
Nottingham station is the principal railway station in the city of Nottingham and the Greater Nottingham area. ...
Sheffield Midland station, now called simply Sheffield, is the railway station in central Sheffield, England. ...
Leeds City station is the mainline railway station serving the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. ...
The Midland Main Line is a main railway line in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...
Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority in the East of England, with an estimated population of 161,000 as of 2006. ...
The front of Cambridge station, showing the arms of several Cambridge Colleges Cambridge railway station is a railway station serving the city of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. ...
Nuneaton is the largest town in the English county of Warwickshire, and the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth. ...
Birmingham New Street could refer to: Birmingham New Street Station New Street, Birmingham This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
There are four platforms at Leicester. Junctions north and south of the city connect to other lines. Train operators using the station include Midland Mainline, and Central Trains. Due to a 15mph maximum speed to the south of the station, all passenger trains stop at the station with the exception of the morning southbound The Master Cutler express from Leeds to London St Pancras. The Ivanhoe Line is the name given to local passenger services operated on the Midland Main Line between Leicester and Loughborough. ...
The Birmingham to Peterborough Line is an important railway line in the United Kingdom, linking the Midlands to East Anglia. ...
The Midland Main Line is a main railway line in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...
Midland Mainline (MML) is a British train operating company owned by the National Express Group, created after the privatisation of British Rail. ...
Central Trains rolling stock at Liverpool Lime Street railway station Central Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, running local and cross-country Citylink trains in central England. ...
The Master Cutler is the head of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire established in 1624. ...
Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. ...
St Pancras station is a railway station in north central London, England, between the new British Library building to its west and Kings Cross station to its east. ...
| Midland Main Line | | Legend |
| | Leeds Limited service | |
| | Wakefield Westgate Limited service | |
| | East Coast Main Line | |
| | Barnsley Limited service | |
| | River Dearne, Doncaster Limited service | |
| | East Coast Main Line | |
| | | |
| | - to Huddersfield | |
| | Cudworth |
| | - from Sheffield |
| | - from Grimethorpe |
| | - to Houghton Colliery |
| | Darfield | |
| | Wath North |
| | Dearne Valley Line, Wakefield Line, Sheffield-Hull Line, | |
| | Swinton | |
| | Kilnhurst West | |
| | Parkgate and Rawmarsh |
 | | Rotherham Masborough | |
| | |
 | | M1 motorway, Canklow Shed | |
| | Hallam Line, Penistone Line | |
| | Meadowhall | |
| | Wincobank and Meadowhall Station | |
| | - to Tinsley Marshalling Yard, Treeton | |
| | Brightside, Woodhouse Mill | |
| | Attercliffe Road | |
| | River Don |
 | | Sheffield-Lincoln Line | |
| | Sheffield Midland | |
| | Sheffield & Rotherham Railway to Sheffield Wicker | |
| | Porter Brook, Beighton | |
| | Heeley | |
| | Millhouses Shed, Killamarsh | |
| | Millhouses , Eckington | |
| | Beauchief | |
| | Dore Note: Dore is still open for Hope Valley Line services | |
| | Dore junctions and Hope Valley Line to Manchester Piccadilly | |
| | Bradway Tunnel | |
| | Dronfield to Bolsover | |
| | Unstone, Barrow Hill | |
| | Sheepbridge, Wittington | |
| | | |
| | Ambergate, Chesterfield Robin Hood Line | |
| | Derwent Valley Line to Matlock and Peak Rail | |
| | Alfreton | |
| | Belper | |
| | Langley Mill | |
| | Robin Hood Line | |
| | Nottingham Nottingham to Grantham Line, Nottingham to Lincoln | |
| 126 | Derby, Beeston | |
| | Toton TMD, Attenborough | |
| | Erewash Valley Line, Attenborough Junction | |
| | | |
| | Long Eaton | |
| | Sinfin, Sinfin branch line | |
| | Ivanhoe Line | |
| | Crewe to Derby Line, Trent Junction | |
| | Burton upon Trent River Trent | |
| | Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, Cross Country Route | |
| | East Midlands Parkway (Planned) | |
| | Coalville Depot (closed), Loughborough | |
| | Great Central Railway North | |
| | Syston Junction, Old Dalby test track | |
| | Leicester and Swannington Railway, Birmingham to Peterborough Line | |
| | Leicester | |
| | Birmingham to Peterborough Line | |
| | Market Harborough, Corby railway station (current closed) | |
| | | |
| | Kettering Bus link to Corby | |
| | Wellingborough | |
| | Bedford | |
| | Marston Vale Line to Bletchley | |
| | | |
| | Luton Alternate service | |
| | Luton Airport Parkway Alternate service | |
| | | |
| | Dudding Hill Line | |
| | | |
| | Gospel Oak to Barking Line | |
| | | |
| | Thameslink cross-London route | |
| | North London Line | |
| | North London Line, East Coast Main Line, Channel Tunnel Rail Link | |
| | Regent's Canal | |
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Leeds City station is the mainline railway station serving the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. ...
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Barnsley railway station (formely Barnsley Exchange Station) lies in the centre of the town of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire and it opened in 1850. ...
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Doncaster railway station serves the town of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. ...
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Huddersfield railway station serves the town of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. ...
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Wath North railway station was on the Midland Railways Sheffield Midland - Cudworth - Normanton - Leeds City main line. ...
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The Sheffield to Hull line is a railway line in northern England. ...
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Swinton railway station is in Swinton, South Yorkshire, England. ...
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Kilnhurst West was a railway station in Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire. ...
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Parkgate and Rawmarsh railway station was situated in Parkgate, adjacent to the Park Gate Iron and Steel Companys works. ...
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Rotherham Masborough railway station was Rotherhams main railway station from the 1840s, until most of its trains were rerouted via Rotherham Central in 1986. ...
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The M1 motorway heading south towards junction 37 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire. ...
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The Hallam Line is the name given to one of the rail services, operated by Northern Rail, in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ...
The Penistone Line is the name given to one of the rail services, operated by Northern Rail, in the West Yorkshire Metro/ South Yorkshire PTE area of northern England. ...
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Meadowhall Interchange is a railway station, Sheffield Supertram stop, and bus station located in the north of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. ...
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Wincobank Station, then Wincobank and Meadow Hall, was a railway station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. ...
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Treeton railway station was a station situated on the North Midland Railway s line between Rotherham Masborough and Chesterfield. ...
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Bright side Station in early 2004 Brightside Station was a train station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. ...
Woodhouse Mill railway station was a station situated on the North Midland Railways line between Rotherham Masborough and Chesterfield. ...
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Attercliffe Road Station was a railway station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. ...
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There are at several rivers named Don: Don River, Russia Don River, Toronto River Don, England River Don, Aberdeenshire This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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The Sheffield to Lincoln line is a railway line in England. ...
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Sheffield Midland station, now called simply Sheffield, is the railway station in central Sheffield, England. ...
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In the early nineteenth century, when news broke of the building of the North Midland Railway, it was clear that George Stephenson would follow the gentle gradient of the Rivers Rother and Don, bypassing Sheffield. ...
Sheffield Wicker Station was the first railway station to be built in Sheffield, Yorkshire. ...
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The Porter Brook is a river in Sheffield, England. ...
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Heeley Station building in March 2006 Heeley Station was a train station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. ...
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Millhouses engine shed was an engine shed in Millhouses, Sheffield. ...
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Millhouses Station was a train station in the Millhouses district of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. ...
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The Beauchief Hotel, formerly Abbeydale Station Hotel Beauchief Station was a train station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. ...
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Dore Railway Station The small, 1 plaform halt at Dore now serves as a stop for local stopping trains between Manchester, The Hope Valley and Sheffield. ...
The Hope Valley Line is a railway line in England linking Sheffield with Manchester. ...
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The Hope Valley Line is a railway line in England linking Sheffield with Manchester. ...
Interior shot of the station with the Victorian trainshed. ...
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Bradway Tunnel, 2027 yards long, was built in 1870 about 1 mile north of Dronfield, in Derbyshire. ...
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Dronfield railway station serves the large village of Dronfield in Derbyshire, south of Sheffield, on the Midland Main Line between Chesterfield and Sheffield, opened in 1870 by the Midland Railway. ...
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BR standard class 7 70017 Arrow rounds the curve at Ambergate with The Palatine, September 1958. ...
Chesterfield railway station is a medium-sized railway station, 20 km (12 miles) south of Sheffield Midland station and to the east of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, town centre. ...
The Robin Hood Line is a railway line running from Nottingham to Worksop, Nottinghamshire. ...
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The Derwent Valley Line is a railway line from Derby to Matlock in Derbyshire. ...
Matlock railway station is a railway station serving the town of Matlock in Derbyshire, England. ...
In 1968 the former Midland Railway main line from London to Manchester (originally built as the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway), was closed between Matlock and Buxton in Derbyshire. ...
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Alfreton railway station serves the town of Alfreton in Derbyshire. ...
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Belper railway station is a railway station serving the town of Belper in Derbyshire. ...
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Langley Mill railway station serves the village of Langley Mill and the towns of Heanor in Derbyshire and Eastwood in Nottinghamshire. ...
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The Robin Hood Line is a railway line running from Nottingham to Worksop, Nottinghamshire. ...
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Nottingham station is the principal railway station in the city of Nottingham and the Greater Nottingham area. ...
The Nottingham to Grantham Line is a branch line between the towns of Nottingham and Grantham in the East Midlands of England. ...
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Derby Midland Station (often called Derby Station) is a main line railway station serving the city of Derby in England. ...
Beeston railway station serves the town of Beeston, Nottinghamshire in England. ...
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Attenborough railway station serves Attenborough in Nottinghamshire. ...
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The Erewash Valley Line runs from south of Chesterfield along the Erewash Valley to Trent Junction at Long Eaton, joining the Midland Main Line at each end. ...
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The station building Long Eaton railway station serves Long Eaton in Derbyshire. ...
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Sinfin Central station was in Sinfin Area in Derby. ...
Sinfin branch line is a railway line located in Sinfin area in Derby, Derbyshire. ...
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The Ivanhoe Line is the name given to local passenger services operated on the Midland Main Line between Leicester and Loughborough. ...
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The Crewe to Derby Line is a railway line in central England, running from Crewe south east to Derby. ...
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Burton upon Trent railway station serves the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. ...
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The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway was a British railway company. ...
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East Midlands Parkway is a planned railway station in the East Midlands to serve Nottingham East Midlands Airport. ...
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Loughborough railway station Loughborough railway station serves the town of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England. ...
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Old Dalby is a village in the English county of Leicestershire. ...
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The Leicester and Swannington Railway (L&S) was one of Englands first railways, being opened in July 1832 to bring coal from pits in west Leicestershire to Leicester. ...
The Birmingham to Peterborough Line is an important railway line in the United Kingdom, linking the Midlands to East Anglia. ...
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The Birmingham to Peterborough Line is an important railway line in the United Kingdom, linking the Midlands to East Anglia. ...
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Platforms 1 and 2 at Market Harborough station, taken on 30 September 2005. ...
Corby railway station served the town of Corby in Northamptonshire, England. ...
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Platform 2 Kettering railway station serves the town of Kettering in Northamptonshire, England. ...
Shown within Northamptonshire Geography Status: Borough Region: East Midlands Admin. ...
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Wellingborough station building Wellingborough railway station serves the town of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, England. ...
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Bedford railway station is the main railway station in the town of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. ...
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The Marston Vale Line is the railway line from Bletchley to Bedford. ...
Bletchley railway station is a railway station that serves the Bletchley area of southern Milton Keynes. ...
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Luton railway station is located in Luton, Bedfordshire. ...
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Luton Airport Parkway railway station is the railway station for London Luton Airport in Bedfordshire. ...
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The Dudding Hill Line (or Dudding Hill Loop) is a railway line in northwest London running from Acton to Cricklewood. ...
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The Gospel Oak – Barking Line is a train line in north and east London which connects Gospel Oak in North London and Barking in East London. ...
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The North London Line is a railway line through northern London. ...
The East Coast Main Line viaduct at Durham. ...
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St Pancras station is a railway station in north central London, England, between the new British Library building to its west and Kings Cross station to its east. ...
Kings Cross St Pancras tube station is the London Underground station serving both Kings Cross and St Pancras main line stations in the London Borough of Camden. ...
The London Underground is an electric railway system that covers much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ...
Platform Layout Leicester has only four platforms which gives the impression that it is a much less busy station than it actually is. All platforms are well utilised especially platforms two and three which receive freight as well as passenger trains. A freight loop goes to the east of the station alongside the carriage sidings which run adjacent to platform four. - Platform one -
- Hourly local Central Trains service to Birmingham New St
- Platform two -
- Hourly fast Midland Mainline service to Nottingham
- Hourly fast Midland Mainline service to Sheffield, with peak hour services to Leeds
- Hourly semi-fast Midland Mainline service to Derby via Loughborough, with peak hour services to Burton upon Trent.
- Hourly semi-fast Midland Mainline service to Nottingham via Loughborough
- Hourly Central trains CityLink service to Stansted Airport
- Platform three -
- Hourly fast Midland Mainline service to London St Pancras
- Hourly semi-fast Midland Mainline service to London St. Pancras via Luton Airport Parkway
- Hourly semi-fast Midland Mainline service to London St. Pancras via Luton Town
- Second fast Midland Mainline service to London St. Pancras through from Nottingham
- Hourly Central Trains CityLink service to Birmingham New St
Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. ...
Map sources for Burton-upon-Trent at grid reference SK2422 Burton upon Trent also known as Burton-on-Trent, or simply Burton, is a large town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England, which originally grew up around the monastery of St. ...
The Ivanhoe Line is the name given to local passenger services operated on the Midland Main Line between Leicester and Loughborough. ...
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History
Background Leicester was one of the first cities to be served by a railway, when the Leicester and Swannington Railway built its station at West Bridge, on the western side of the Fosseway in 1834. This fell out of use when the line was diverted to join the Midland Railway The Leicester and Swannington Railway (L&S) was one of Englands first railways, being opened in July 1832 to bring coal from pits in west Leicestershire to Leicester. ...
The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England which linked Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) in South West England, to Lincoln (Lindum) in the East Midlands, via Bath (Aquae Sulis), Cirencester (Corinium) and Leicester (Ratae Coritanorum). ...
Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922. ...
Leicester used to have two other railway stations, including Leicester Belgrave Road (on the Great Northern Railway), and Leicester Central (on the Great Central Railway). Until the penultimate Leicester station, Leicester Central, was shut in 1969, the current Leicester station was known as Leicester London Road. The heritage Great Central Steam Railway currently operates a station called Leicester North at its southern terminus in the suburb of Belgrave. Leicester Belgrave Road was a railway station in Leicester, England, situated on the Belgrave Road. ...
The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company, founded by the London & York Railway Act of 1846. ...
Leicester Central was a railway station in Leicester. ...
The Great Central Railway (GCR) was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 on the completion of its London Extension. ...
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The GCR is the only heritage railway in the country with double track The Great Central Railway (GCR) is a heritage railway in Leicestershire. ...
Belgrave is an area in northern Leicester, England. ...
From early railway schemes to the Midland Railway The Midland Counties Railway was originally proposed to connect the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway to Leicester because of competition to supply coal. However, with the existing canal network, and the navigability of the River Trent to Nottingham, there had been few people willing to invest. The Midland Counties Railway (MCR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1832 and 1844, connecting Nottingham, Leicester and Derby with Rugby and thence to London. ...
Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands. ...
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George Hudson was chairman of the York and North Midland Railway, a proposed line from York towards the industrial markets of Manchester and Liverpool. He was interested in a southwards route and encouraged the building of North Midland Railway, later becoming its chairman. Meanwhile financiers in Birmingham, including G.C.Glyn, a banker and chairman of the London and Birmingham Railway, were looking to expand their system. Derby was in between. The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway would it give a link from Yorkshire to London, and access to the coalfields, as well as other minerals. George Hudson George Hudson (probably March 10, 1800 - December 14, 1871), English railway financier, known as the Railway King, was born in Howsham, in the parish of Scrayingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, north of Stamford Bridge, east of York. ...
The York and North Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting York, with the Leeds and Selby railway and in 1840 with the North Midland Railway at Normanton near Leeds. ...
This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ...
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The North Midland Railway was a British railway company, which opened its line from Derby to Rotherham (Masborough) and Leeds in 1840. ...
George Carr Glyn (1797-1873) was a banker with interests in the railways, a partner in the family firm of Glyn, Mills and Company, which was reputed to be the largest private bank in the City of London. ...
The London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom from 1833 until 1846, at which date it became a constituent part of the London and North Western Railway. ...
The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway was a British railway company. ...
Meanwhile the promoters of the Midland Counties Railway found investors further afield, who suggested a line linking Nottingham, Derby and Leicester, with an extension to Rugby for London. A local train from Birmingham to Northampton at Rugby railway station. ...
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The Midland Counties Railway, North Midland Railway, and Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway merged in 1844 to form the Midland Railway. All of the company's traffic for London and the South passed through Leicester station, initially running via the MCR's line to Rugby to join the tracks of the London and North Western Railway. From 1857, traffic to the south was diverted to run to Hitchin and thence into King's Cross station. The Midland opened its own London terminus at St Pancras in 1867. Jan. ...
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922. ...
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. ...
The tracks and platform 2 Hitchin railway station serves the town of Hitchin in Hertfordshire. ...
Kings Cross station (often spelt Kings Cross on platform signs) is a railway station in the district of the same name in northeast central London. ...
St Pancras station is a railway station in north central London, England, between the new British Library building to its west and Kings Cross station to its east. ...
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The station buildings The first station on the present site was constructed by the Midland Counties Railway and was first used on 4 May 1840, when a train of four first and six second-class carriages, pulled by the 'Leopard' steam engine, arrived from Nottingham. All that remains of the first station are a pair of Egyptian-looking gateposts in Campbell Street. The Midland Counties Railway (MCR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1832 and 1844, connecting Nottingham, Leicester and Derby with Rugby and thence to London. ...
May 4 is the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Midland Railway completely rebuilt the station in 1894. The station frontage on London Road remains as a well-preserved late Victorian building, but the interior of the booking hall and the structures on the platforms were reconstructed by British Rail in the 1970s. 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Ascension to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...
Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...
The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ...
The station clock is the only hand-wound station clock in the UK. [1]
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Until the line through Buxton was closed in the Beeching era, the 'main line' was that from London to Manchester, carrying named expresses such as The Palatine and the The Peaks, while trains to Leeds and Scotland tended to use the Erewash Valley Line and expresses to Edinburgh, such as The Waverley travelled through Corby and Nottingham. Fan window. ...
Dr. Richard Beeching later Baron Beeching (21 April 1913 — 23 March 1985) was an British physicist and engineer, and former chairman of British Railways. ...
The Palatine was the name given to a former express passenger train, introduced by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1938, being the 16. ...
The Erewash Valley Line runs from south of Chesterfield along the Erewash Valley to Trent Junction at Long Eaton, joining the Midland Main Line at each end. ...
Waverley Station is the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. ...
The Waverley is the name of a former express passenger train operating on British Railways Midland Mainline from London St Pancras to Edinburgh Waverley which ended in 1968 The train was originally called the Thames Forth Express and was renamed The Waverley in 1957. ...
British Railways With the advent of power signalling in 1969, the signal box and the crossovers disappeared, and the tracks approaching the station were relaid to allow trains from any direction to enter or leave any platform. It has been suggested that safeworking be merged into this article or section. ...
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Midland Mainline Upon the privatisation of British Rail, the station became owned by Railtrack and later Network Rail, though, in common with most British railway stations, the day-to-day operation has been contracted out to the largest user of the station, in this case Midland Mainline. Midland Mainline have continued to refurbish the station with the installation of a large electronic departure board in the station entrance hall and smaller boards on all platforms. The privatisation of British Rail was the result of the Railways Act 1993 introduced by John Majors Conservative government. ...
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Network Rail is a British not for dividend company limited by guarantee whose principal asset is Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a company limited by shares. ...
In 2006, work was started on the installation of automatic ticket gates, this work is expected to be complete by December, however problems with the manufacturer in Germany may delay this. Leicester City Council issued plans for the redevelopment of the station area but these are not expected to start until 2010 by which time the station will have a new occupant, as Midland Mainline's franchise is due to expire at the end of 2007. Currently, little in the way of remedial work appears to be taking place.
Future
Passenger Operators Three new passenger rail franchises will commence in November 2007 and the effect these have on passenger numbers and train service remains to be seen. The East Midlands Franchise is a new National Rail franchise formed by the Department for Transport to operate passenger rail services in the East Midlands. ...
The West Midlands Franchise is a new National Rail franchise formed by the Department for Transport to operate passenger rail services in the West Midlands. ...
The Cross-Country Franchise is a new National Rail franchise formed by the Department for Transport to operate passenger rail services on the Cross-Country Route. ...
Regeneration of the Station Leicester Regeneration Company are leading plans which aim to regenerate the entire City centre area of Leicester. The station is to be incorporated into a new business quarter. Plans for the station include to rotate it around so that passengers come out into an open city square rather than the current ring road. This would also enable the sharp bend at the south of the station to be straightend and linespeeds increased.
Network Rail have recently released their freight utilisation strategy, and if a cross country freight route was to be taken forward the railway through Leicester, from Syston to Wigston Junctions would be enhanced with additional slow lines and platforms at Leicester created.
Ivanhoe Line After phase one of the Ivanhoe Line was completed in the mid 1990s it was originally planned that phase two would extend the line west to Burton upon Trent on the current freight-only line via Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch. However this development now looks unlikely, in the short term at least. The conservative party released a brief of there plans for the reopening recently, however this is thought by many to be political spin. Map sources for Burton-upon-Trent at grid reference SK2422 Burton upon Trent also known as Burton-on-Trent, or simply Burton, is a large town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England, which originally grew up around the monastery of St. ...
Coalville is a town in North West Leicestershire, England, with a population of about 30,000. ...
Market Street Ashby-de-la-Zouch Ashby-de-la-Zouch (formerly also Ashby-de-la-Zouche) is a small market town in the North West Leicestershire district of the county of Leicestershire, England. ...
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The British Transport Police (BTP) is a non-Home Office national police service responsible for policing the railway system throughout Great Britain. ...
Outdoor ATMs may be free-standing, like this kiosk, or built into the side of banks or other buildings An automatic teller machine, automated teller machine (ATM) or cash machine is an electronic device that allows a banks customers to make cash withdrawals and check their account balances without...
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Upper Crust is a chain of sandwich restaurants which specialises in quality baguettes. ...
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