Grid reference SP590983 | Platforms in use 2 | |
30 June 1840 Station opened as Wigston Address Wigston LE18 4SR, United Kingdom Similar Broughton Astley railway st, Bardon Hill railway station, East Langton railway st, Coalville Town railway st, Old Dalby railway station | ||
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 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.
British Railways closed the Leicester – Rugby line and its stations, including Wigston South which closed on 1 January 1962.