Blunsdon railway station

Blunsdon
Station on heritage railway
Hudswell Clarke saddle tank Tubby at Blunsdon
General information
LocationTadpole Lane, Swindon SN25 2DA
Wiltshire
England
Coordinates51°36′25″N 1°50′37″W / 51.60702°N 1.84362°W / 51.60702; -1.84362
Grid referenceSU109897
Platforms1
History
Original companySwindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway
Pre-groupingMidland and South Western Junction Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 September 1895opened
22 September 1924[1]closed for passengers
1 August 1937closed for goods
Railway lines in Swindon
Stratton
Stratton Park Halt
Stratton St Margaret Works
Swindon and Cricklade Railway Hayes Knoll
Chiseldon Camp Halt
Swindon and Cricklade Railway Blunsdon
Chiseldon
Moredon Halt
Swindon Town
Swindon
Rushey Platt
Purton
Wootton Bassett Junction

Blunsdon railway station is a station on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway, a heritage line in Wiltshire, England. The first station on the site was built in 1895 to serve the villages of Blunsdon St Andrew and Broad Blunsdon, north of Swindon, and closed in 1937.

  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 85. OCLC 931112387.