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and Broad Blunsdon. It was little more than a single-platform halt, and milk was the main traffic. It had a short curved siding, used for such traffic as fertiliser and other agricultural goods. The platform was south of the bridge, while the siding and goods yard were to the north.
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The station was also one of the first on the line to be closed. Regular passenger trains stopped calling in 1922, leaving one passenger train service stopping at Blunsdon on a Sunday until 1924. The station closed completely on 1 August 1937 when goods traffic ceased.
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Blunsdon station offers attractions including the Swindon and Cricklade railway shop, cafe, toilets and car parking.
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line in Wiltshire, England. The first station on the site was built in 1895 to serve the villages of
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in the late 1970s because it offered the best road access to the trackbed between
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parish, next to the overbridge carrying a lane between Purton and the villages of
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Information about Blunsdon station on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway website.
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Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology
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Former Midland and South Western Junction Railway stations
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Blunsdon was one of the last stations to be opened by the
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51°36′25″N 1°50′37″W / 51.60702°N 1.84362°W / 51.60702; -1.84362
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Midland and South Western Junction Railway
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Swindon and Cricklade Railway
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Swindon and Cricklade Railway
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