Blunham | |
|---|---|
 Blunham Station in 1961 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Blunham, Central Bedfordshire England |
| Grid reference | TL149505 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Bedford & Cambridge Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways (1948-1958) Eastern Region of British Railways (1958-1968) |
| Key dates | |
| 7 April 1862 | Opened |
| 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 38.