Bath Spa: postwar rail ambitions

Bath Spa: postwar rail ambitions

Re: Bath Spa: postwar rail ambitions

Posted by grahame at 16:13, 13th January 2026

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Re: Bath Spa: postwar rail ambitions

Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 16:03, 13th January 2026

Rather like Alice in Wonderland falling through that rabbit hole. Image not available to guests

Re: Bath Spa: postwar rail ambitions

Posted by Mark A at 15:48, 13th January 2026

Didn't take long to answer my own musings as a web search looped straight back to this very web site.

Mark

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Bath Spa: postwar rail ambitions

Posted by Mark A at 15:43, 13th January 2026

Before the closures, did BR have ambitions to sort out Bath's rail infrastructure? One being that they would close the constricted Bath Spa Station and replace it with a higher capacity station on the site of Westmoreland goods yard? This with the intentions, among other things, to plumb the Midland line, for the purposes of passenger trains, into the GWR route, with the Midland into the city being retained for freight?

Mark

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