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

Blagdon
The site of the station in 1963
General information
Location	Blagdon, North Somerset England
Coordinates	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	closed to goods

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

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.