Hinckley railway station
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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 (served by CrossCountry only) |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.227 million |
| 2005/06 * |  0.224 million |
| 2006/07 * |  0.231 million |
| 2007/08 * | 233,379 |
| 2008/09 * | 286,728 |
| 2009/10 * | 273,510 |
| History | |
| Original company | South Leicestershire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1861 | Opened |
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| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hinckley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Hinckley railway station serves the town of Hinckley in Leicestershire, England. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) Train Operating Company (TOC).
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.
A full range of tickets for travel is available from the station ticket office when it is open, or at other times from the guard on the train at no extra cost.
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[edit] 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]
[edit] Services
There are services to Leicester and Birmingham New Street: usually one train in each direction every hour. One peak hour train on the service between New Street and Stansted Airport via Cambridge calls at Hinckley, but most pass through at about 90 miles per hour (140 km/h).[citation needed]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
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| CrossCountry | ||||
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| Stoke Golding Line and station closed |
Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway | Elmesthorpe Line open, station closed |
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| 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.
[edit] References
- ^ "Railway". Hinckley. http://www.hinckley.netfirms.com/Hinckley%20-%20R.htm. Retrieved 11 April 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Series reference RAIL 636". The Catalogue. The National Archives. 5 October 2011. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/DisplayCatalogueDetails.asp?CATID=11611&CATLN=3&FullDetails=True&j=1.
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- Train times and station information for Hinckley railway station from National Rail
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