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Bath Spa railway station is the principal station serving the city of Bath in Somerset, England.It is on the Great Western Main Line, 106 miles 71 chains (106.89 mi; 172.0 km) down the line from the zero point at London Paddington between Chippenham to the east and Oldfield Park to the west. [2]
Bath Spa may refer to: Bath Spa railway station, Bath, Somerset; Bath Spa University, one of two universities in Bath; Roman Baths (Bath), a Roman spa complex constructed on hot springs, now a museum; Thermae Bath Spa, a 2006 spa supplied by the hot springs
Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Bristol. The city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, and was later added to the transnational World Heritage Site known as the "Great Spa Towns of Europe" in 2021. Bath is also the largest city and settlement in Somerset.
The goods depot was opened in 1877, freeing space at the constrained Bath Spa station site.A small engine shed was also moved from Bath Spa to Westmoreland in 1880. The goods depot was located on the up side of the line, fronting onto the Lower Bristol Road, opposite the Newark Works of crane makers Stothert & Pitt. [5]
Bath railway station may refer to one of the following railway stations in Bath, England: Bath Green Park railway station , former Somerset & Dorset Railway station closed in 1966 Bath Spa railway station , current Great Western Main Line station
The west portal. Box Tunnel passes through Box Hill on the Great Western Main Line (GWML) between Bath and Chippenham.The 1.83-mile (2.95 km) tunnel was the world's longest railway tunnel when it was completed in 1841.
The old Bath Bus Station in 2006. The old Bath Bus Station, on Manvers Street, opened in 1958 under the control of the Bristol Omnibus Company. [2] The Southgate area of the city, between Manvers Street to the east and St James' Parade to the west, was the area worst affected by the Baedeker Blitz of April 1942. [3]
Thermae Bath Spa is a combination of the historic spa and a contemporary building in the city of Bath, England, and reopened in 2006. Bath and North East Somerset council own the buildings, and, as decreed in a Royal Charter of 1590, are the guardians of the spring waters, which are the only naturally hot, mineral-rich waters in the UK.