LEICESTER

Leicester is a main line railway station that serves the city of Leicester, in Leicestershire, England. It lies on the Midland Main Line, which connects London St Pancras with Sheffield and Nottingham; it is 99 miles 7 chains north of St Pancras. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, which also operates services along with CrossCountry. It is the busiest station in Leicestershire, the second busiest in the East Midlands and the fifth busiest in the Midlands as a whole. It was opened in 1840 by the Midland Counties Railway, then rebuilt in 1894 and 1978.