Hinckley railway station

Hinckley
Hinckley station building
Location
Place	Hinckley
Local authority	Hinckley and Bosworth
Coordinates
Grid reference	SP427932
Operations
Station code	HNK
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
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
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.
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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 ultimately do not operate services from this station, only CrossCountry operate from this station.

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, which was taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1867.

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 without stopping.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Nuneaton		CrossCountry Birmingham-Leicester		Narborough
	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.

External links

• Train times and station information for Hinckley railway station from National Rail