Wigston Glen Parva railway station - Station

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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.

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Wigston Glen Parva
General information
Location	Glen Parva, Leicestershire England
Coordinates	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
1 April 1884[3]	Station opened as Glen Parva[4]
1887	Station renamed Wigston Glen Parva[5]
4 March 1968	Station closed

History

The station was opened in 1882 for military use, and on 1 April 1884[6] for public use.

In 1950 the station won first prize in the London Midland Region Garden Competition.[7]

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.

Stationmasters

Thomas Holmes 1884 - 1886[8]
William Henry Abbey 1886 - 1888[8]
Robert John Cross 1888[8]
Robert Hamp 1888[8] - 1896[9]
William Chadwick 1892 - 1896[9]
Walter Vernon Scott 1896 - 1900[9]
Frederick John Sharpe 1900 - 1907[10]
Horace Steers 1907[10] - ca. 1918
Samuel Tweager ca. 1925
J.J. Davies until 1929[11] (also station master at Wigston Glen Parva, afterwards station master at Morecambe Promenade)
T. Bond until 1940[12] (also stationmaster at Glen Parva and Wigston Magna, afterwards station master at Barking)
P. Wakefield ca. 1948
F.S. Willsmer ca. 1950

Route

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Blaby Line open, station closed		L&NWR South Leicestershire Railway		Welford Road Line open, station closed
Blaby Line open, station closed		L&NWR South Leicestershire Railway		Wigston Magna Line open, station closed

References

Connolly, W. Philip (1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan Publishing. map sixteen. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.
"Disused Stations: Wigston Glen Parva Station".
"Disused Stations: Wigston Glen Parva Station".
Dewick, Tony (2002). Complete Atlas of Railway Station Names. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. map sixteen. ISBN 0-7110-2798-6.
"Disused Stations: Wigston Glen Parva Station".
"London and North Western Railway. Opening of Glen Parva Station". Leicester Journal. England. 28 March 1884. Retrieved 5 February 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Wigston's Station new look wins first prize". Leicester Daily Mercury. England. 4 September 1950. Retrieved 5 February 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"1875 -1890 Coaching, Traffic, Police". London and North Western Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 88. 1875. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
"1889-1901 Coaching, Traffic, Police". London and North Western Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 209. 1889. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
"1902-1911 Coaching". London and North Western Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 365. 1902. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
"Kibworth". Market Harborough Advertiser and Mail. England. 11 January 1929. Retrieved 5 February 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Mr. T. Bond". Essex Newsman. England. 27 January 1940. Retrieved 5 February 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.

v t e Closed railway stations in Leicestershire and Rutland
Leicester and Swannington Railway	Coalville Town Bardon Hill Bagworth and Ellistown Incline House Thornton Lane Merry Lees Desford Ratby Glenfield (Leicestershire) Leicester West Bridge
Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway	Overseal Donisthorpe Measham Snarestone Hugglescote Heather and Ibstock Stoke Golding Higham on the Hill
Charnwood Forest Railway	Loughborough Derby Road Snells Nook Halt Shepshed Grace Dieu Halt Thringstone Halt Whitwick Coalville East
Melbourne line	Wilson Tonge and Breedon Worthington
Leicester–Burton upon Trent line	Moira Ashby de la Zouch Swannington Kirby Muxloe Braunstone (Leicester)
GNR & LNWR Joint Railway	Harby and Stathern Long Clawson and Hose Scalford Melton Mowbray North Great Dalby John O' Gaunt Leicester Belgrave Road Humberstone Thurnby and Scraptoft Ingarsby Lowesby Tilton East Norton Hallaton Medbourne
Midland Counties Railway	Cossington Gate Wigston South Countesthorpe Broughton Astley Leire Halt Ullesthorpe
Nottingham and Melton Railway	Edwalton Plumtree Widmerpool Upper Broughton Old Dalby Grimston
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway	Saxby Edmondthorpe and Wymondham
Syston and Peterborough Railway	ROF Queniborough Rearsby Brooksby Frisby Asfordby Whissendine Ashwell Manton Luffenham Ketton and Collyweston
Rugby and Stamford Railway	Lilbourne Welford and Kilworth Theddingworth Lubenham Rockingham Seaton Morcott Wakerley and Barrowden
Midland Main Line	Hathern Humberstone Road Leicester Campbell Street Welford Road Wigston Magna Great Glen Kibworth East Langton
South Leicestershire Railway	Elmesthorpe Croft railway station, Leicester Blaby Wigston Glen Parva
Great Central Main Line	Loughborough Central Quorn and Woodhouse Rothley Belgrave and Birstall Leicester Central Whetstone Ashby Magna Lutterworth
Stamford and Essendine Railway	Essendine Ryhall
Other	Uppingham Waltham-on-the-Wolds Castle Donington and Shardlow Weston on Trent

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