Leicester (London Road) Station

Leicester london Road station was opened by the Midland Railway in 1840[1]. Today it is the only mainline station serving the city of Leicester.

Services
Leicester is located on the London St Pancras to Sheffield/Nottingham route which is today commonly referred to as the Midland Mainline. Leicester currently has the following off-peak service levels:


 * 4 trains per hour to London St Pancras operated by East Midlands Trains:
 * 2 trains per hour are non-stop to London, one calls at Market Harborough followed by London St Pancras and the fourth train observes most intercity stops between Leicester and London.
 * 1 train per hour to Stansted Airport via Peterborough and Cambridge operated by CrossCountry.
 * 2 trains per hour to Birmingham New Street operated by CrossCountry.
 * 3 trains per hour to Nottingham operated by East Midlands Trains, 1 of which continues to Lincoln Central:
 * 2 of these services are 'Intercity' services from London St Pancras which terminate at Nottingham, the third service is a local stopping service which continues to Lincoln.
 * 2 trains per hour to Derby, one of which continues to Sheffield operated by East Midlands Trains.

The stopping patterns of some of these trains varies in the morning and evening peaks, some additional services also run to Leeds and Lincoln Central in the evening peak. There is a single Saturday morning service to York (which continues to Scarborough in the summer).