Leicester railway station

Leicester railway station is a main line railway station in the city of , in , England. The station is managed by East Midlands Railway and owned by Network Rail.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Leicestershire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “LEI”, “Leicester Railway Station”, and “Leicester Station”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Museum & Art Gallery and King Power Stadium.

Museum
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The Leicester Museum & Art Gallery is a museum on New Walk in , , not far from the city centre. It opened in 1849 as one of the first in the . is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Leicester railway station.

Stadium
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is a football stadium located in the city of , , England, and the home of Leicester City. The stadium opened in 2002 as the Walkers Stadium and has a capacity of 32,259. is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Leicester railway station.

Theater building
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, also known as Theatre, is a theatre in , England, based in the cultural quarter in Leicester City Centre. Previously, it had been called Leicester Performing Arts Centre. is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Leicester railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Evington Valley and Bede Island.

Locality
is an area in , . It is roughly bounded by East Park Road to the west, Chesterfield/Ethel Road to the north, Wakerly Road to the east and to the south borders .

Suburb
is an area of , close to the city centre, with the to the west and to the east. For many years South was a run down area of brownfield land home to Vic Berry's locomotive scrapyard but in the 1990s urban regeneration sought to improve housing, employment opportunities and the environment in the area.

Suburb
was an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of , , consisting of the residential suburb of St Marks.

Leicester railway station

Latitude
52.63211° or 52° 37′ 56″ north
Longitude
-1.12361° or 1° 7′ 25″ west
Elevation
236 feet (72 metres)
Operator
East Midlands Railway
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“LEI”
IATA airport code
QEW
Open location code
9C4WJVJG+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4292139459
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6952984
Wiki­data ID
Q3399620
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Satellite Map

Discover Leicester railway station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Leicester railway station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة قطار ليستر”
  • Chinese: “萊斯特站”
  • Dutch: “station Leicester”
  • Dutch: “Station Leicester”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة ليستر”
  • French: “gare de Leicester”
  • French: “Gare de Leicester”
  • French: “Leicester”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת הרכבת לסטר”
  • Italian: “stazione di Leicester”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Leicester”
  • Japanese: “レスター駅”
  • Korean: “레스터”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه راه‌آهن لستر”
  • Polish: “Leicester”
  • Romanian: “gara Leicester”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Caerlŷr”

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