Swindon & Cricklade Railway	Stations on the Railway
	Steam on the Railway Stock list Diesels on the Railway Stock list Rolling stock on the Railway Stations on the Railway Hayes Knoll locomotive shed	Blunsdon Station platform was the first to be rebuilt, and is on the site of the original structure. While it is adequate for two-coach trains, an extension is now under construction. This is the station waiting room - a wooden railway structure rescued from Malmesbury and restored on site, with the addition of a solid fuel stove. More recently, a similar building has also been saved from a farm the same area, in remarkably good condition. This is being restored for use as a training facility for Railway staff. Hayes Knoll is a completely new station built on a new site. This is located where there was enough room to build the new shed. The shed has been designed for locomotive and rolling stock repair and restoration as well as a running shed for the Railway's steam locomotives.			Blunsdon Signal Box. This came from Claydon Junction, and was dismantled and brought to Blunsdon in 1985. Originally fabricated at Derby in 1942, was erected at Claydon on the LMS Bletchley - Oxford line in a record 26 hours. At the moment, it controls the pointwork around Blunsdon station, although it will eventually become fully operational when signalling comes into use. Hayes Knoll Signal Box came from Rowley Regis in the Birmingham area. First opened in 1887, it was brought to the Swindon & Cricklade Railway and restored in 1995. It is scheduled to become a fully operational signal box along with the one at Blunsdon.

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