Leicester railway station
You can reach 53 stations directly from Leicester on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is St Pancras International, with 135 trains a day.
Address: LE2 0QB
Leicester is the nearest station for postcodes in LE1, LE87, LE21, LE5, LE2, LE3, LE4, LE6. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Leicester
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Pancras International | 135 | 130 | 77 |
| East Midlands Parkway | 116 | 111 | 78 |
| Loughborough | 113 | 113 | 62 |
| Nottingham | 102 | 101 | 39 |
| Derby | 71 | 70 | 42 |
| Kettering | 71 | 68 | 46 |
| Beeston | 70 | 68 | 31 |
| Birmingham New Street | 70 | 66 | 45 |
| Coleshill Parkway | 70 | 66 | 45 |
| Nuneaton | 70 | 66 | 45 |
| Market Harborough | 69 | 69 | 57 |
| Chesterfield | 66 | 66 | 39 |
| Sheffield | 66 | 66 | 38 |
| Hinckley | 42 | 34 | 25 |
| Narborough | 41 | 34 | 25 |
| Long Eaton | 40 | 37 | 28 |
| Melton Mowbray | 35 | 32 | 20 |
| Oakham | 35 | 32 | 20 |
| Peterborough | 35 | 32 | 20 |
| Stamford | 35 | 32 | 20 |
| Cambridge | 34 | 32 | 20 |
| Ely | 34 | 32 | 20 |
| March | 34 | 32 | 20 |
| Sileby | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Syston | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Barrow-upon-Soar | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| Attenborough | 31 | 33 | 0 |
| Cambridge South | 31 | 30 | 9 |
| Stansted Airport | 31 | 30 | 9 |
| South Wigston | 31 | 27 | 19 |
| Water Orton | 15 | 12 | 0 |
| Manea | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Whittlesea | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| Wellingborough | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| Bedford | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| Collingham | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Hykeham | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Lincoln | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Lowdham | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Luton Airport Parkway | 3 | 0 | 20 |
and 13 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Leicester is
5,527,136 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 92nd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 517,869 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Leicester and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 954,994 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 36 stations instead of 53, a drop of about 32%. Saturday runs to 51.
Nearest other stations
- South Wigston 3.5 miles
- Syston 4.6 miles
- Narborough 5.4 miles
- Sileby 6.9 miles
- Barrow-upon-Soar 8.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Leicester, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Humberstone Road · 0.7 miles
- Welford Road · 0.9 miles
- Leicester Belgrave Road · 0.9 miles
- Vic Berry's Scrapyard · 0.9 miles
- Leicester West Bridge · 1.0 miles
- Leicester Central · 1.0 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.