| South Wigston | |
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| South Wigston railway station in 2006. | |
| Location | |
| Place | South Wigston |
| Local authority | Oadby and Wigston |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SWS |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains (Only served by CrossCountry, which does not manage any stations) |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 41,921 |
| 2005/06 * | 35,812 |
| 2006/07 * | 37,576 |
| 2007/08 * | 45,955 |
| 2008/09 * | 42,698 |
| 2009/10 * | 45,286 |
| History | |
| 1986 | Opened |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at South Wigston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
South Wigston railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of South Wigston, Leicester, England. The station is on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line about 2 miles (3 km) south of Leicester. South Wigston station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) Train Operating Company (TOC). Not all trains operating between Birmingham and Leicester stop here.
The station is unstaffed so passengers buy tickets the full range of tickets for travel from the guard on the train at no extra cost. Facilities on the platforms are limited, consisting only of two "bus shelter" type canopies to protect passengers from the weather and a time-table and notice board.
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Wigston had three railway stations: Wigston South on the Midland Counties Railway opened in 1840, Wigston Magna on the Midland Main Line opened in 1857 and Glen Parva on the South Leicestershire Railway opened in the 1860s. However, British Railways closed all three stations by 1968.
The present South Wigston station was opened on Saturday 10 May 1986[1] and is at a new site about 300 metres east of the site of the former Glen Parva station. The new station cost £135,000 to build and was funded by Leicestershire County Council.[1]
South Wigston station's two platforms are staggered, one each side of a road bridge over the railway. Network Rail plans to extend both platforms by up to two metres by 2012.[2]
There are services to Leicester and Birmingham New Street: usually one train in each direction every two hours. A few trains on the service between New Street and Stansted Airport via Cambridge call at South Wigston, but most pass through at about 50 miles per hour (80 km/h).
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