Facilities
East Midlands Parkway is a staffed, four-platform station with a ticket office. The ticket office is open between 06:00–19:30 Mondays to Saturdays, and between 07:30–19:30 on Sundays. Other facilities include:
- Ticket vending machine
- Fast ticket machine
- Cafe
- Lifts to all platforms
- Waiting room
- Pay phone
- Cycle storage
- Accessible toilets
- Taxi rank
- Business lounge
East Midlands Parkway is one of the greenest stations built in the United Kingdom. It uses a ground-source heating system was built using locally-sourced and recycled materials.
As of late 2009 East Midlands Parkway is a Penalty fare station, a valid ticket or Permit to travel must be shown when requested.
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