Wigston Glen Parva railway station

Wigston Glen Parva railway station was a railway station on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line that served Glen Parva in Leicestershire, England.

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

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

British Rail closed the station in 1968.

In 1986 BR opened a new station on the same line, South Wigston, about 300 m east of the site of Glen Parva.

Stationmasters

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