Blagdon railway station
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Disused railway station in Blagdon, North Somerset
Blagdon | |
|---|---|
| The site of the station in 1963 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Blagdon, North Somerset England |
| Coordinates | 51°20′00′′N 2°42′48′′W / 51.3333°N 2.7133°W / 51.3333; -2.7133 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Wrington Vale Light Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 4 December 1901 | Station opened |
| 14 September 1931 | Station closed to passengers |
| 1 November 1950 | Station closed 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] The site is now a private house.[5]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Quick 2022, p. 87.
- ^ McRae 1997, p. 31.
- ^ Fenton 1999, pp. 46–47.
- ^ Hurst 1992, p. 5 (ref 0161).
- ^ "Blagdon Station, converted to private... © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
Bibliography
[edit ]- 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 (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.