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I remember reading somewhere that during the 1960s, around the time of the Beeching Axe, a new railway station for Bath was proposed for this site. It would have taken the place of both Green Park and Bath Spa stations and allow the S&D line to Bournemouth to remain open (routed via Limpley Stoke along the end of the B&NSR Camerton branch-line). In the end, nothing came of the plans... however, if someone can find details, we should probably add the info to this article. David Bailey (talk) 14:36, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
For a year before Bath Spa station was completed in 1840 I think a temporary railway station was set up in this area, servicing the already completed Bristol line. The description of File:SiteOfBathWestmorlandStStationMay2006WON.jpg states it was where the Bath West sidings (later the refuse transfer station) are. This makes a lot of sense accounting for the road name "Westmoreland Station Road" leading to the sidings, the pedsestrian tunnel under the line here to Westmoreland Street, and the fine old brickwork south of the sidings. However I can find no solid cites for this, nor does Colin Maggs' book mention this. If anyone finds good citing, it would be a very worthwhile addition to the article. Rwendland (talk) 12:25, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]