Wigston South railway station

This article is about former Midland Counties Railway station. For the current railway station, see South Wigston railway station.

Wigston South
Location
Place	South Wigston
Area	Oadby and Wigston
Coordinates	52°34′45″N 1°07′51″W / 52.5793°N 1.1307°W / 52.5793; -1.1307Coordinates: 52°34′45″N 1°07′51″W / 52.5793°N 1.1307°W / 52.5793; -1.1307
Grid reference	SP590983
Operations
Original company	Midland Counties Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway^[1]
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
30 June 1840	Station opened as Wigston
1 October 1868	Renamed Wigston South
1 January 1962	Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Wigston South railway station was a railway station serving South Wigston in Leicestershire.

The station was opened on 30 June 1840 on the Midland Counties Railway^[2] main line from Derby to Rugby. In 1844 the Midland Counties joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway.

In 1857 the Midland completed a new main line to Hitchin from a junction slightly north of Wigston, and the Leicester – Rugby section of the Midland Counties was relegated to a branch. A second Wigston railway station was opened nearby on the new main line, and on 1 October 1868 the Midland Counties station was renamed Wigston South to avoid confusion.^[3]^[2]

British Railways closed the Leicester – Rugby line and its stations, including Wigston South which closed on 1 January 1962.^[2]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Countesthorpe Line and station closed		Midland Railway Midland Counties Railway		Welford Road Line open, station closed

References

↑ Connolly, W. Philip (1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. map sixteen. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.
1 2 3 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 250. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
↑ Dewick, Tony (2002). Complete Atlas of Railway Station Names. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. map sixteen. ISBN 0-7110-2798-6.

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 Shepshed Grace Dieu Thringstone Whitwick Coalville East

Melbourne Line	Tonge and Breedon Worthington

Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line	Moira Ashby de la Zouch Swannington Kirby Muxloe Braunston (Leicester)

GNR & LNWR Joint Rly	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	Old Dalby Grimston

Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway	Saxby Edmondthorpe and Wymondham

Syston and Peterborough Railway	Rearsby Brooksby Frisby Asfordby Whissendine Ashwell Manton Ketton and Collyweston

Rugby and Stamford Railway	Welford and Kilworth Theddingworth Lubenham Rockingham Seaton Morcott Wakerley and Barrowden

Midland Main Line	Humberstone Road Leicester Campbell Street Welford Road Wigston Magna Great Glen Kibworth East Langton

South Leicestershire Railway	Elmesthorpe Croft Blaby Wigston Glen Parva

Great Central Main Line	Belgrave and Birstall Leicester Central Whetstone Ashby Magna Lutterworth

Stamford and Essendine Railway	Essendine Ryhall

Other	Uppingham Waltham-on-the-Wolds

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