Leicester Railway Station

LESTER LEI | 1947

Station Codes (TIPLOC, TLC | NLC)

Leicester station is managed by East Midlands Railway and is located in Leicester within the East Midlands area of England.

Figures for 2023-24 show that 957,850 journeys were made between Leicester and London St Pancras International—that's 18% of all passenger journeys at this station!

Passenger numbers for Leicester peaked during 2018-19 with 5,582,286 estimated passengers.

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 20% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 91% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Leicester table
Year	Passenger Numbers
1997-98	3,180,677
1998-99	3,324,048
1999-00	3,656,368
2000-01	3,708,580
2001-02	3,964,480
2002-03	4,267,391
2003-04
2004-05	4,456,662
2005-06	4,360,891
2006-07	4,778,063
2007-08	4,969,109
2008-09	5,132,022
2009-10	4,992,390
2010-11	4,953,636
2011-12	4,896,018
2012-13	4,797,294
2013-14	4,853,908
2014-15	5,052,026
2015-16	5,247,140
2016-17	5,422,928
2017-18	5,390,776
2018-19	5,582,286
2019-20	5,322,728
2020-21	1,042,118
2021-22	3,548,600
2022-23	4,869,836
2023-24	5,303,830
2024-25