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

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 (2022) . 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.