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Waverley Road, WIGSTON, LE18 4UW

Waiting room is perhaps too grand a term for what is basically an enlarged version of a bus shelter. This, the information board with train times, and the platform lighting, are the only facilities to be found here. This is the platform on the north side of the tracks. Similar facilities are to be found on the other platform. Image

The station is on the line from Birmingham to Leicester via Hinckley, but many trains do not stop here. The station's platforms are staggered, and this is the one on the north side of the tracks. The other platform is on the other side of the footbridge. In the distance can be seen tracks coming in from the left. There is in fact a triangle of tracks in this area. The arrangement used to be even more complicated, as there was a further line going to Rugby, which cut across part of the triangle, but that closed decades ago. There used to be three stations in this area, but all were closed and replaced by the present South Wigston station, which is about as basic as can be. Image

Photographed looking east from Saffron Road Bridge towards South Wigston Station.

The railway lines here are part of the triangle of lines at South Wigston. On the right can be seen the northern platform of South Wigston Railway Station, with it bus shelter style waiting room. Image Image

Opened by 1986 by British Rail on the line from Leicester to Birmingham. View west towards Blaby and Birmingham. The eastbound platform can just be seen beyond the first overbridge. Beyond the second overbridge was the site of Wigston Glen Parva station (1884-1968).

The footpath commences at the end of Kenilworth Road, by the railway footbridge. The footpath leads to the platform on the north side of the railway. The bus shelter type waiting room can be seen in the distance. To reach the other platform, it is necessary to cross the footbridge.

This notice is to be found at the north end of the footbridge. It tells people what number to ring if a road vehicle bumps into the footbridge. The reference to the Railway Authority is strange as there never was such a body. It probably means the Strategic Rail Authority, which in one of the never-ending re-organisations so popular with politicians, was abolished in 2006 after just a few years life. The successor was Network Rail, but whether the phone number still applies is unknown. Image

Looking at the footbridge from the end of Kenilworth Road. The station's platforms are staggered. The platform on the north side is reached by taking a path to the right of the information board. The platform on the south side of the railway tracks is reached by crossing the footbridge. The footbridge also provides a way of easily reaching the shops and offices in Blaby Road. Image