Leicester railway station

Summary

Leicester railway station is a railway station^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (225 views/month, #149 of 18,574).^[2]

Key Facts

• Leicester railway station is located in Leicester^[3].
• Leicester railway station is located in Leicestershire^[4].
• Leicester railway station is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Leicester railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station^[6].
• Leicester railway station's connecting line is recorded as Birmingham–Peterborough line^[7].
• Leicester railway station's connecting line is recorded as Midland Main Line^[8].
• Leicester railway station's connecting line is recorded as Ivanhoe Line^[9].
• Leicester railway station's architect is recorded as Charles Trubshaw^[10].
• Leicester railway station is operated by East Midlands Trains^[11].
• Leicester is named after Leicester railway station^[12].
• Leicester railway station's adjacent station is recorded as South Wigston railway station^[13].
• Leicester railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Market Harborough railway station^[14].
• Leicester railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Syston railway station^[15].
• Leicester railway station's Commons category is recorded as Leicester railway station^[16].
• Leicester railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SK593041^[17].
• Leicester railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.632, 'lon': -1.124}^[18].
• Leicester railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as St Pancras to Chesterfield Line, Leicester to Ratcliffe Junction^[19].
• Leicester railway station's official website is recorded as https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/lei.aspx^[20].
• Leicester railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}^[21].
• Leicester railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1840^[22].
• Leicester railway station's state of use is recorded as in use^[23].
• Leicester railway station's historic county is recorded as Leicestershire^[24].

Body

Geography

Leicester railway station is in the country of United Kingdom^[5]. Located in include Leicester^[3], a city^[25], in United Kingdom^[26] and Leicestershire^[4], a ceremonial county of England^[27], in United Kingdom^[28].

Designation and Status

Leicester railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station^[6].

History and Context

Leicester is named after Leicester railway station^[12].

Why It Matters

Leicester railway station ranks in the top 0.8% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (225 views/month, #149 of 18,574).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]