Sileby railway station
Coordinates: 52°43′52.42″N 1°6′34.42″W / 52.7312278°N 1.1095611°W
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| Location | |
| Place | Sileby |
| Local authority | Charnwood |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SIL |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 76,147 |
| 2005/06 * |  74,769 |
| 2006/07 * |  84,501 |
| 2007/08 * | 98,262 |
| 2008/09 * | 98,336 |
| 2009/10 * | 105,122 |
| History | |
| 1840 | Opened |
| 1968 | Closed |
| 1994 | Reopened |
| 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 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 Sileby from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Sileby railway station is a railway station serving the village of Sileby in Leicestershire, England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line 10 km (6½ miles) north of Leicester towards Loughborough.
The original station was built in 1840 for the Midland Counties Railway, which shortly joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway[1]
The line cut the village in two connecting the halves with a substantial stone bridge. The platform structures were of timber and very little remains after closure in 1968 apart from the station house.[2]
It reopened on 27 May 1994 as part of phase one of the Ivanhoe Line.
For journeys beginning at Sileby, the full range of tickets for travel for any destination in the country are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost. It is a penalty fare station however, so a permit to travel must be bought from the machine installed on the Leicester-bound platform before joining the train.
[edit] Services
Monday to Saturdays there is an hourly service southbound to Leicester and northbound to Nottingham continuing onwards to Lincoln Central via Loughborough and Newark. There is no Sunday service.
Services are formed using diesel multiple units of Classes 153, 156 or 158 and are operated exclusively by East Midlands Trains Local.
- First southbound service is the: 07:04. Last is the: 22:02
- First northbound service is the: 06:46. Last is the: 21:37
East Midlands Trains London services from Leeds, Sheffield and London run through at high speed, but do not stop. Interchange with Mainline services can be made at Leicester, East Midlands Parkway and Loughborough.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
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- Train times and station information for Sileby railway station from National Rail
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