Syston is a stop on the Midland Main Line / Ivanhoe Line in Leicestershire between Leicester and Sileby.
EMR 156 498 approaches Syston
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Ivanhoe Line)
Station code:
LSW
Opened:
1840 (Closed 1968)
Re-opened:
1994
Platforms:
1
The station was opened by the Midland Counties Railway in 1840 on the line from Leicester to Nottingham and Derby. A new line from Syston to Melton Mowbray was opened in 1846. The station was rebuilt in 1874 due to the quadrupling of the Midland Main Line. The station was closed in 1968, the station building was later dismantled and rebuilt at Swanick Junction at the Midland Railway Centre [1].
The station was re-opened with a single platform on a bi-directional slow line in 1994 as part of the Ivanhoe Line. The station is unstaffed with basic facilities. It is managed by East Midlands Railway.
66 171 heads light engine through Syston
View down the platform
An EMR Meriden passes by
EMR 156 470 prepares to depart
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Leicester to Nottingham (Middleton Press, 2018) Fig. 17
