Blunsdon railway station
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Blunsdon railway station is a heritage railway station serving the village of Blunsdon, north of Swindon in Wiltshire, England.
It was one of the last to be opened by the Midland and South Western Junction Railway in 1895. It was little more than a single-platform halt, where milk was the main traffic. It also had a single siding, used for such traffic as fertiliser and other agricultural requirements.
It was also the first station on the route to be closed. Passenger traffic went in 1924, and goods in 1937.
The site became the headquarters of the Swindon and Cricklade Railway in the late 1970s because it offered the best road access to the trackbed between Swindon and Cricklade. By that time, almost every trace of the original station had gone, and the present structures are all new.
Blunsdon station is actually within the boundaries of Purton, and the Purton area probably produced most of its original business. Unsubstantiated tradtion says the station was named Blunsdon to avoid confusion with the Great Western station already existing in Purton village.
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| Preceding station |  Heritage railways |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | Swindon and Cricklade Railway | Hayes Knoll | ||
