Sileby railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Sileby
code = SIL


manager = East Midlands Trains
locale = Sileby
borough = Charnwood
lowusage0405 = 76,147
lowusage0506 = 74,769
lowusage0607 = 84,501
platforms = 2
start = May 1994

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, but closed in 1968.

It reopened on 27th May 1994 as part of phase one of the Ivanhoe Line.

Services are formed using diesel multiple units of Classes 153, 156 or 158 and are operated exclusively by East Midlands Trains.

ervices

Monday to Saturdays there is generally an hourly service southbound to Leicester and northbound to Nottingham continuing onwards to Lincoln Central. There is no Sunday service.

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 and Loughborough.

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