Blagdon railway station

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Blagdon
LocationBlagdon, North Somerset
England
Coordinates51°20′00″N 2°42′48″W / 51.3333°N 2.7133°W / 51.3333; -2.7133Coordinates: 51°20′00″N 2°42′48″W / 51.3333°N 2.7133°W / 51.3333; -2.7133
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWrington Vale Light Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
4 December 1901Station opened
14 September 1931Station closed to passengers
1950closed to goods

Blagdon railway station is a closed terminus railway station situated in the village of Blagdon in North Somerset, England.

The station opened on the 4 December 1901 when the Wrington Vale Light Railway opened the line from Congresbury.[1]

The station closed to passengers on 14 September 1931.[1]

Despite the station being closed for passengers it was host to a GWR camp coach from 1935 to 1939.[2] Camp coach occupants were transported to the station on the daily goods train from Yatton.[3]

The station closed to goods on 1 November 1950.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Quick 2019, p. 78.
  2. ^ McRae 1997, p. 31.
  3. ^ Fenton 1999, pp. 46–47.
  4. ^ Hurst 1992, p. 5 (ref 0161).

Bibliography[]

  • Fenton, Mike (1999), Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R, Wild Swan, ISBN 1-874103-53-4
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  • Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway & Canal Historical Society.
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