The line cut the village in two connecting the halves with a substantial stone bridge.
There were complaints from local residents about the facilities provided at the station. In 1897 the parish council were petitioning the company for improvements, but the
Midland Railway company were resistant.[2] By 1910 the council raised a petition to the company to resolve 5 issues[3]
The dangerous level crossing, stating the several accidents had been narrowly avoided.
The need of better accommodation for vehicular traffic. The number of vehicles using the station had increased and blocking of the road, especially by milk carts, was a danger as well as an inconvenience
The want of a comfortable waiting room on the up platform. There was only an open shelter with no provision for a fire in cold weather.
The lowness of the platforms, which were thought to be the cause of a passenger suffering a fractured ankle when alighting from a train.
The need for an entrance from Brook Street.
This time the council were more successful as early in 1912 they received a letter from the Railway Company confirming the improvements which would be made.[4]
Access from King Street to the up-platform without passengers having to cross the running lines.
Improved vehicular access to the station
The additional waiting room
Raising and lengthening the platforms
Footpath access from Brook Street.
The platform structures were of timber and very little remains after closure in 1968 apart from the station house.[5]
It reopened on 27 May 1994 as part of phase one of the
Ivanhoe Line.
The station is unstaffed and facilities are limited although there is a self-service
ticket machine for ticket purchases and shelters on both platforms.[12]
Step-free access is not available to either of the platforms at the station.
^"Sileby Railway Station". Leicester Daily Post. England. 23 February 1912. Retrieved 10 February 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^Radford, B., (1983) Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books