Details of the Road, Rail and Air Infrastructure
The borough's transport infrastructure is also impressive with access to the M1, M6, M42, M69, A50 meaning that all of the major settlements in the country can be reached quickly and easily. There is also a mainline railway station at Loughborough with high speed services to London and the North. The borough is also well serviced for local train services with stations at Sileby, Syston and Barrow upon Soar. East Midlands Airport is only 10 minutes from Loughborough and as well as offering passenger flights it is also the UK's largest cargo airport.
Rail
Destination |
Time |
|---|---|
Birmingham New Street |
1hr 11mins |
Derby |
24mins |
Leicester |
14mins |
London St. Pancras |
1hr 30mins |
Nottingham |
18mins |
Sheffield |
1hr |
Leeds |
2hrs 11mins |
Peterborough |
1hr 25mins |
Air - Selected destinations from East Midlands Airport
- Prague
- Brussels
- Dublin
- Belfast
- Rome
- Cologne
- Amsterdam
- Edinburgh
East Midlands Airport - Cargo
Location is one of the most important considerations of the air cargo operator and this is an area where East Midlands Airport scores top marks. Centrally located in the United Kingdom, the Airport possesses direct and immediate access to the UK’s premier motorway, the M1. Junction 24 is less than two miles away, linked to the Airport by the A453, the majority of which is dual carriageway. The M/A42 from Birmingham joins the M1 within a mile of the Airport at Junction 23A and the Stoke-Derby (M6-M1) trunk road joins the M1 at Junction 24.
East Midlands Airport has direct motorway or trunk road access to every major city in the country, enabling operators to provide effective pick-up and delivery services from London and Bristol in the south to Manchester and Newcastle in the north. Nearly 90% of the landmass of England & Wales is within a 4 hour truck drivetime of the airport.
Road
Destination |
Miles |
Time |
|---|---|---|
Birmingham |
41 |
1hr |
Bristol |
133 |
2hrs 30mins |
Derby |
17 |
25mins |
Leeds |
87 |
1hr 35mins |
Leicester |
13 |
23mins |
London |
115 |
2hrs |
Manchester |
83 |
1hr 50mins |
Nottingham |
14 |
25mins |
Peterborough |
51 |
1hr 15mins |
Sheffield |
57 |
1hr 5mins |
East Midlands Airport |
9 |
12mins |
Birmingham International Airport |
39 |
53mins |