Wigston Glen Parva railway station

Wigston Glen Parva
Location
Place	Glen Parva
Area	Leicestershire
Coordinates	52°34′52″N 1°08′23″W / 52.5811°N 1.1396°WCoordinates: 52°34′52″N 1°08′23″W / 52.5811°N 1.1396°W
Grid reference	SP584985
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway[1]
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1882 [2]	opened for military use only
1884 opened for public [3]	Station opened as Glen Parva[4]
1887	Station renamed Wigston Glen Parva[5]
4 March 1968	Station closed
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Wigston Glen Parva railway station was a railway station on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line that served Glen Parva in Leicestershire, England.

The station was opened in the 1882 for Military use and 1884 for public use. British Rail closed the station in 1968.

In 1986 BR opened a new station on the same line, South Wigston, about 300 metres east of the site of Glen Parva.

References

1. Connolly, W. Philip (1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. map sixteen. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.
2. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/wigston_glen_parva/index.shtml
3. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/wigston_glen_parva/index.shtml
4. Dewick, Tony (2002). Complete Atlas of Railway Station Names. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. map sixteen. ISBN 0-7110-2798-6.
5. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/wigston_glen_parva/index.shtml