Hinckley railway station

Hinckley railway station serves the town of Hinckley and village of Burbage in Leicestershire, England.

Hinckley
Hinckley railway station in 2019.
General information
Location	Hinckley, Hinckley and Bosworth England
Coordinates	52.5350°N 1.3719°W / 52.5350; -1.3719
Grid reference	SP427932
Managed by	East Midlands Railway[1]
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HNK[2]
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
2019/20	0.350 million
2020/21	54,204
2021/22	0.198 million
2022/23	0.235 million
2023/24	0.302 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.^[3]

A full range of tickets for travel is available from the station ticket office when it is open (06:40—13:00 Monday to Saturday, closed on Sundays), or at other times from either the ticket machines or the guard on the train at no extra cost.^[4]

History

The station was opened in 1861 as part of the South Leicestershire Railway,^[5] which was taken over by the London and North Western Railway in 1867.^[6]

Services

CrossCountry services call regularly at Hinckley as part of its Birmingham New Street to Leicester service: usually one train in each direction every hour (including Sundays).^[7][8]

A few services are extended beyond Leicester and additional services call at peak times on weekdays only. These are operated using CrossCountry's Birmingham New Street to Cambridge/Stansted Airport services, most of which pass through Hinckley without stopping.

This station has a waiting room, which is open for the same hours as the booking office.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Nuneaton		CrossCountry Birmingham New Street - Peterborough		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. 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.