This article is about former Midland Counties Railway station. For the current railway station, see South Wigston railway station.
Former railway station in Leicestershire, England
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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 the station and further substantial development of Wigston Junction, locomotive shed and wagon works, the area was built up to form what is now known as South Wigston.[2]
^Connolly, W. Philip (1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. map sixteen. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.
^"Wigston Railways". www.wigstonhistoricalsociety.co.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
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