Glen Parva railway station

Glen Parva
Location
Place	Glen Parva
Area	Leicestershire
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
Operations
Original company	South Leicestershire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway^[1]
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
ca. 1868	Station opened as Wigston Glen Parva^[2]
unknown	Station renamed Glen Parva^[2]
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 1860s as Wigston Glen Parva^[2] by the South Leicestershire Railway. The London and North Western Railway took over the South Leicestershire in 1867^[3] and later shortened the station name to Glen Parva.^[2] In 1872 the Midland Railway added a south chord to Wigston Junction, creating a direct link between Wigston Magna station on the Midland Main Line and Glen Parva.

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.

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: Ian Allan Publishing. map sixteen. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.
1 2 3 4 Dewick, Tony (2002). Complete Atlas of Railway Station Names. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. map sixteen. ISBN 0-7110-2798-6.
↑ "Series reference RAIL 636". The Catalogue. The National Archives. 5 October 2011.

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 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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