Passenger Services
Initially trains generally ran from Yatton, the junction for the main line between Bristol and Exeter, and traversed 1.8 miles of the Cheddar Valley line (the Yatton to Witham route (via Cheddar and Wells) that had opened in 1869).
The junction for the light railway was at Congresbury, where the station was given a second platform when the Wrington line opened. There were four other stations at Wrington, Langford, Burrington and the terminus at Blagdon.
When the line first opened in 1901, there were four trips a day each way between Blagdon and Yatton; one trip each way was a mixed passenger and goods service. The first train out of Blagdon in the morning went only as far as Congresbury, and returned to Blagdon from there. Other trains ran through from or to Yatton. In 1910, there were five trains a day in each direction on weekdays only. Until 1915, there was a late trip on Saturdays from Blagdon to Yatton and return.
In 1919, the service was reduced to three trains a day each way, but the fourth trip was re-instated in 1921. In 1926, this was increased again to five trips a day, to compete with the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company's buses. However, this was not successful, and the service returned to the original four trips a day in 1927 until closure to passenger traffic in 1931, and goods traffic in 1950.
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