Swannington railway station was a railway station at Swannington in North West Leicestershire, England.
Swannington has had two railway stations. The first opened in 1833 as the western terminus of the Leicester and Swannington Railway. Trains reached it via the Swannington Incline, which had a 1 in 17 gradient and was worked by a stationary engine.
The Midland Railway took over the line in 1845 and extended it westwards to in 1848, creating the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. The extension avoided the Swannington Incline by taking a new alignment beginning from a junction east of Swannington near . The new line passed south of the original terminus and a new Swannington station was opened on it on 1 September 1849, leaving the original Swannington terminus to remain as a goods depot.
The second Swannington station was closed on 18 June 1951, but the line remains open for freight traffic.
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