Wigston Glen Parva railway station

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Wigston Glen Parva
Location	Glen Parva, Leicestershire England
Coordinates	52°34′52″N 1°08′23″W / 52.5811°N 1.1396°W / 52.5811; -1.1396Coordinates: 52°34′52″N 1°08′23″W / 52.5811°N 1.1396°W / 52.5811; -1.1396
Grid reference	SP584985
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway[1]
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
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

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 m (330 yd) east of the site of Glen Parva.

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