Bath Green Park on 20th February 1980. The train shed lost a lot of glass during bombing raids in April 1942. This wasn't replaced until restoration of the building after closure.
Bath Green Park on 20th February 1980. The train shed lost a lot of glass during bombing raids in April 1942. This wasn't replaced until restoration of the building after closure.
{G} The Railway Structures File.
Phil T's Rail Photos
The frontage of Bath Green Park, noted terminus of the Somerset & Dorset Railway, with conservation work under way on 20th February 1980. The station closed to passengers on 7th March 1966 and goods on 31st May 1971.Previous | NextThe London and Birmingham Railway was the first to make it to the city centre when it opened a station at Curzon Street, Birmingham in 1838. Design was by Philip Hardwick who also built the long-lamented original structure at Euston. The opening of New Street Station in 1854 spelled the end of Curzon St. as a passenger terminus and it remained as a goods-only terminal until 1966. (2nd February 1980).

Added on 8th March 2008, has been viewed 141 times
© 2010 Phil Trotter - All rights reserved.