Blunham railway station

Blunham
Blunham Station in 1961
General information
LocationBlunham, Central Bedfordshire
England
Grid referenceTL149505
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBedford & Cambridge Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways (1948-1958)
Eastern Region of British Railways (1958-1968)
Key dates
7 April 1862Opened
13 July 1964[1]Closed to goods
1 January 1968[2]Closed to passengers

Blunham was a railway station on the Varsity Line which served the small village of the same name in Bedfordshire. Opened in 1862, the station was located in a rural area and saw little passenger traffic; it closed together with the line in 1968.

  1. ^ Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 14. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
  2. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 38.