Hinckley  | |
|---|---|
) Hinckley railway station showing the newly installed canopy on Platform 1. | |
| 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 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | HNK |
| 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 | |
| 2015/16 |  0.312 million |
| 2016/17 | 0.329 million |
| 2017/18 | 0.337 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.349 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.350 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
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 Railway, 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 (including Sundays).[3] There are three trains per day to Stansted Airport on weekdays only, plus a fourth as far as Cambridge.
| Preceding station | ){kind=logo} National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CrossCountry | ||||
| 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ Table 47 National Rail timetable, May 2019
External links
- Train times and station information for Hinckley railway station from National Rail