Syston railway station
Syston 
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| Location | |
| Place | Syston |
| Local authority | Borough of Charnwood |
| Grid reference | SK621111 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SYS |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.187 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.166 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.176 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.192 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.211 million |
| History | |
| 5 May 1840 | Opened |
| 4 March 1968 | Closed |
| 27 May 1994 | Reopened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Syston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Coordinates: 52°41′39.00″N 01°4′57.00″W / 52.6941667°N 1.0825000°W
Syston railway station (/ˈsaɪstən/ SY-stən) is a railway station serving the town of Syston in Leicestershire, England. The station is on the Midland Main Line from Leicester to Loughborough, 103¾ miles from London St Pancras.
For journeys beginning at Syston, the full range of tickets for travel for any destination in the country may be purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost. It is a penalty fare station however, so a permit to travel must be bought from the machine installed on the platform before joining the train.
The station was opened on 5 May 1840 as a minor intermediate station on the Midland Counties Railway line from Leicester to Nottingham and Derby. Shortly afterwards, the Midland Counties merged with the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway.
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