Market Harborough railway station
Market Harborough 
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The Grade II listed station building from 1884 by John William Livock
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| Location | |
| Place | Market Harborough |
| Local authority | District of Harborough |
| Coordinates | 52°28′48″N 0°54′34″W / 52.48°N 0.9094°WCoordinates: 52°28′48″N 0°54′34″W / 52.48°N 0.9094°W |
| Grid reference | SP741874 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MHR |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.746 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.765 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.798 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.832 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.870 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 May 1850 |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Market Harborough Railway Station |
| Listing grade | Grade II listed |
| Entry number | 1074404 |
| Added to list | 25 March 1975 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Market Harborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Market Harborough railway station is a Grade II listed station which serves the town of Market Harborough in Leicestershire, England. It is situated to the east of the town centre and lies on the Midland Main Line, 16 miles (26 km) south-east of Leicester.
The original station was opened on 1 May 1850 by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) on its line between Stamford to Rugby and thence to Euston. The Midland Railway shared it from 1857 when it built its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin. On 16 February 1859 the branch line to Northampton opened.
The station was the scene of a serious accident on 28 August 1862. An excursion train bound for Burton-upon-Trent stopped to pick up water, and a second train bound for Leicester collided with the rear of it. The accident resulted in the death of one person and seventy were injured.
As traffic built up, the Midland opened a new line on 26 June 1885 at a higher elevation, crossing the LNWR and then running parallel to a new joint station in the present position.
The new station building was opened on 14 September 1884. It was built by Parnell and Sons of Rugby from designs by John William Livock and Millbank. The engineer was Hirst of Rugby.
Market Harborough was the largest station within the county boundary south of Leicester. Such was the volume of traffic, a junction for five different directions at its height, by 1870 plans for an engine shed were released in addition to the already provided loco pit, turntable and water tank. A shed was never built but this did not stop it becoming a sub-shed of Leicester in later years.
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