Loughborough railway station
Loughborough 
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| Location | |
| Place | Loughborough |
| Local authority | Borough of Charnwood |
| Grid reference | SK543204 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LBO |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.249 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.246 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.241 million |
| 2014/15 |
 1.301 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.298 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1872 |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Loughborough Railway Station |
| Listing grade | Grade II listed |
| Entry number | 1320325 |
| Added to list | 05 May 1981 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Loughborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Loughborough railway station is a Grade II listed railway station which serves the town of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England. Situated on the Midland Main Line, 12 1⁄2 miles (20.1 kilometres) north of Leicester, the station lies to the north-east of the town centre.
More than 1.3 million people entered and left the station in the twelve months to March 2010, an increase of nearly two hundred thousand in five years. This makes it the 322nd most-used Network Rail station. In addition, it was estimated that more than 7,397 people used the station to change trains.
The railway through Leicestershire is not electrified therefore all services are operated by diesel trains. This is set to change by 2019 when a scheme to electrify the remainder of the Midland Main Line is to be completed, this along with faster line speeds, means the town will be a little over 60 minutes from London.
The original station (opened in 1840 by the Midland Counties Railway, which was shortly to join the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway) was sited a little further south.
The present station was built in 1872. The ironwork was constructed by Mr. Richards of Leicester, and the stone portion by Mr. Cox of Leicester. The track was quadrupled and has retained much of its characteristically Midland Railway architecture, apart from the fact that its canopies have been cut back. The station is grade II listed
It became known as "Loughborough Midland" when Loughborough had three stations; Loughborough Derby Road (opened 1883 on the Charnwood Forest Railway, owned by London and North Western Railway from 1923 and closed to passengers in 1931) and Loughborough Central (Great Central Railway now used by the Great Central Railway (preserved)).
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