Wigston Magna railway station was a railway station serving Wigston Magna in Leicestershire. In 1857 the Midland Railway opened its new main line to Hitchin...
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Wigston, or Wigston Magna, is a town in the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire, England, just south of Leicester on the A5199. It had a population...
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Wigston railway station has been the name of two stations on the Midland Railway in Leicestershire, England. Wigston railway station on the Midland Counties...
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Wigston South railway station, originally named Wigston station, was a railway station serving Wigston Magna in Leicestershire. Following the arrival of...
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noticeboard. Wigston once had three railway stations: Wigston South on the Midland Counties Railway opened in 1840 (dismantled), Wigston Magna on the Midland...
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Midland Railway's Wigston Junction, goods yard and Wigston Magna station and the South Leicestershire Railway's Glen Parva station. Industrial and residential...
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University of Leicester: 13 September 2021. Wigston Magna, one of the two towns that form the borough South Wigston, the largest village in the borough Brocks...
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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...
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Walter George Fudge 1892 - 1898 (formerly station master at Wixford, afterwards station master at Wigston Magna) Henry Dring 1898 - 1907 Thomas William...
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the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway at Marefield Junction. The station opened on 1 January 1883. Marefield Junction was triangular...
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Ashby Magna was a station on the Great Central Railway, the last main line to be constructed from the north of England to London, which opened in 1899...
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Midland Main Line (redirect from Midland Mainline (railway line))
Latimer Glendon and Rushton Desborough East Langton Kibworth Great Glen Wigston Magna Leicester to Trent Junction Leicester Humberstone Road Cossington Gate...
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6686778; -1.1329778 Belgrave and Birstall railway station was a railway station opened by the Great Central Railway in 1899. It served the villages of Belgrave...
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Hinckley, Lutterworth, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Oadby, Shepshed and Wigston. Some of the larger of villages are: Burbage (population estimated around...
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Seaton railway station was a station serving the villages of Seaton, Rutland, and Harringworth, Northamptonshire. It was originally a minor intermediate...
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Bagworth and Ellistown was a railway station on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line, that served the villages of Bagworth and Ellistown in Leicestershire...
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Hinckley railway station serves the town of Hinckley and village of Burbage in Leicestershire, England. The station is on the CrossCountry Birmingham to...
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relatively fast turn-over of station masters. John Thomson ca. 1851 - 1874 J. Lambert 1874 - 1875 (afterwards station master at Wigston South) G.W. Fenton 1875...
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was a railway station at Coalville in Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. Passenger business was carried out at the "Railway Hotel"...
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Leicester Central was a railway station in Leicester, England. It was situated to the west of the city centre, on Great Central Street which is today...
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Wymondham railway station was a station in Wymondham, Leicestershire. It also served the small hamlet of Edmondthorpe. It was Midland Railway property...
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It was moved brick by brick to its new home at Shenton station on the Battlefield Line Railway, where it would serve as an information point for Bosworth...
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Whetstone was a station on the Great Central Railway (GCR), the last main line to be constructed from the north of England to London, which opened in 1899...
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Lutterworth was a station which opened in 1899 to serve the Leicestershire market town of Lutterworth. It was situated on the Great Central Railway, the last...
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Uppingham railway station was a station in Uppingham, Rutland. It was the terminus of a branch line from Seaton and opened in 1894 and closed in 1960...
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Humberstone railway station was a railway station serving the eastern side of Leicester. It was on the Great Northern Railway Leicester branch. The station opened...
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Rockingham railway station was a railway station in Leicestershire, England just south of Caldecott, Rutland. Despite being in Leicestershire and closest...
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Morcott railway station is a former station in Rutland, near the village of Morcott. Parliamentary approval was gained in 1846 by the directors of the...
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Harby & Stathern railway station is a former station on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway that served the villages of Harby...
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Ingarsby railway station was a railway station in Ingarsby, Leicestershire, on the Great Northern Railway Leicester branch. It opened in 1882, and closed...
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