Blagdon railway station

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

Blagdon
Location	Blagdon, North Somerset England
Coordinates	51.3333°N 2.7133°W
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Wrington Vale Light Railway
Key dates
4 December 1901	Station opened
14 September 1931	Station closed to passengers

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. 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). 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 and Canal Historical Society.