Hinckley railway station
Hinckley  | |
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Hinckley station building | |
| Location | |
| Place | Hinckley |
| Local authority | Hinckley and Bosworth |
| Coordinates | 52°32′06″N 1°22′19″W / 52.5350°N 1.3719°WCoordinates: 52°32′06″N 1°22′19″W / 52.5350°N 1.3719°W |
| Grid reference | SP427932 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HNK |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 0.227 million |
| 2005/06 |
 0.224 million |
| 2006/07 |
 0.231 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.233 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.287 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.274 million |
| 2010/11 |
 0.274 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.280 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.281 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.287 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.301 million |
| History | |
| Original company | South Leicestershire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1861 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hinckley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Hinckley railway station serves the towns of Hinckley and 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 Trains, who do not operate services from this station. Only CrossCountry operate trains from here.
A full range of tickets for travel is available from the station ticket office when it is open (0640—1300 hrs), or at other times from the guard on the train at no extra cost.
History
The station was opened in 1861 as part of the South Leicestershire Railway,[1] which was taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1867.[2]
Services
There are services to Leicester and Birmingham New Street: usually one train in each direction every hour.[3] A few weekday peak hour trains on the service between New Street and Stansted Airport via Cambridge call at Hinckley, but most pass through without stopping.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| CrossCountry | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Stoke Golding Line and station closed |
Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway | Elmesthorpe Line open, station closed | ||
| Nuneaton Abbey Street Line open, station closed |
Midland Railway | |||
Buses operate from outside the station around the town and also to Magna Park and Lutterworth.
References
- ↑ "Railway". Hinckley. Archived from the original on December 31, 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ↑ "Series reference RAIL 636". The Catalogue. The National Archives. 5 October 2011.
- ↑ Table 47 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hinckley railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Hinckley railway station from National Rail