Hinckley railway station
Hinckley  | |
|---|---|
 Hinckley railway station showing the newly installed canopy on Platform 1. | |
| General information | |
| Location | Hinckley, Hinckley and Bosworth England |
| Coordinates | 52°32′06″N 1°22′19″W / 52.5350°N 1.3719°W |
| Grid reference | SP427932 |
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway[1] |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | HNK[2] |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| History | |
| Original company | South Leicestershire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1861 | Opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  0.349 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.350 million |
| 2020/21 |  54,204 |
| 2021/22 | 0.198 million |
| 2022/23 | 0.235 million |
| Location | |
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| 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]
History[edit]
The station was opened in 1861 as part of the South Leicestershire Railway,[5] which was taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1867.[6]
Services[edit]
There are services to Leicester and Birmingham New Street: usually one train in each direction every hour (including Sundays).[7][8] There is one early morning train per day to Stansted Airport on weekdays only, plus three additional peak services as far as Cambridge. There is also one late evening train a day to Gloucester.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Buses operate from outside the station around the town and also to Magna Park and Lutterworth. The station is also just a short walk from The Crescent bus station where a large number of services can be caught to farther destinations and also smaller nearby villages.
References[edit]
- ^ "Hinckley (Leics) (HNK)". National Rail.
- ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". CRS, NLC, TIPLOC and STANOX Codes | Railway Codes.
- ^ "Hinckley (Leics) Train Station". Cross Country Trains.
- ^ "Hinckley (Leics)". East Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Railway". Hinckley. Archived from the original on 31 December 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ "Series reference RAIL 636". The Catalogue. The National Archives. 5 October 2011.
- ^ "Stansted, Cambridge & Nottingham to Birmingham & Cardiff - Sunday 11 December 2022 – Saturday 20 May 2023" (PDF). Cross Country Trains.
- ^ "Stansted, Cambridge & Nottingham to Birmingham & Cardiff - Sunday 21 May 2023 – Saturday 09 December 2023" (PDF). Cross Country Trains. 21 May 2023.
External links[edit]
- Train times and station information for Hinckley railway station from National Rail
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- Railway stations in Leicestershire
- DfT Category E stations
- Former London and North Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1861
- Railway stations served by CrossCountry
- 1861 establishments in England
- Buildings and structures in Hinckley
- Railway stations in Great Britain not served by their managing company
- East Midlands railway station stubs