Bath Spa railway station is the principal railway station in the city of Bath, Somerset. Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... Palladian Pulteney Bridge and the weir at Bath Bath is a city in south-west England, most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ...

Architecture

Bath Spa station was built in 1840 for the Great Western Railway by Brunel. It is in an asymmetrical Tudor style with curving gables, and lies on the north bank of the Avon, with the line swerving elegantly across from the southern bank to the station and then back again. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bristol Temple Meads railway station, the original terminus at Bristol. ... Brunel can mean: Isambard Kingdom Brunel Marc Isambard Brunel Brunel Bridge Brunel University This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Tudor style, a term applied to the Perpendicular style, was originally that of the English architecture and decorative arts produced under the Tudor dynasty that ruled England from 1485 to 1603, characterized as an amalgam of Late Gothic style formalized by more concern for regularity and symmetry, with round... Avon is the name of many rivers; see River Avon. ...

A convenient characteristic for passengers is that ramps lead up to both platforms, permitting the disabled or those with luggage to have ready access from the platforms to cars or taxis. There is also a footbridge, formerly tolled, leading directly from the station across the Avon and allowing direct access to the village of Widcombe.

Services

Since the closure of the Midland Region station at Green Park after the Beeching report, all rail services run through Bath Spa. The station is also conveniently situated for connection with bus services. The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom which existed from 1844 to 1922. ... Green Park railway station is in Bath, Somerset. ... Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe was an informal name for the British governments attempt in the 1960s to control the spiralling cost of running the British railway system by closing what it considered to be little-used and unprofitable...

Management

Since railway privatisation Bath Spa has been managed by First Great Western. In 2005 they obtained listed building consent to a number of alterations to the building, including the installation of lifts to the platforms. This is expected to enable them to remove the convenient direct access between the platforms and the car parks. A First Great Western Class 180 Adelante train stops at Bath Spa on its way to London Paddington. ...

Other stations in Bath

The other stations in Bath were Green Park (the Midland station, of which only the building survives), Westmoreland Street (a goods station, now demolished) and Oldfield Park (a small commuter station in a western suburb, with limited services to Bristol).

External link

• Train times and station information for Bath Spa railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Bath Spa railway station from Multimap.com

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