Saltford railway station
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Saltford railway station was a small station on the Great Western Main Line
between Bath
and Bristol. It served the village of Saltford
, Somerset
.
line opened between Bath and Bristol. It was sited at the eastern end of the village at the foot of Saltford Hill, which forms the A4 road running through Saltford. The main building was on the down platform and there was also a small siding for goods. Much of the main line through Saltford runs in a deep cutting or in tunnel.
The station closed on 5 January 1970 along with St Anne's Park, another station on the main line between Bath and Bristol. The buildings and platforms were demolished. Plans to reinstate a Saltford station have not so far succeeded:access to the previous site from the A4 is awkward, but there are few other suitable sites in the village.
on the Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line
. The bridge carrying that line across the river Avon also carried a footpath from Saltford.
Great Western Main Line
The Great Western Main Line is a main line railway in Great Britain that runs westwards from London Paddington station to the west of England and South Wales. The core Great Western Main Line runs from London Paddington to Temple Meads railway station in Bristol. A major branch of the Great...
between Bath
Bath Spa railway station
Bath Spa railway station is the principal railway station in the city of Bath, in South West England.-Architecture:Bath Spa station was built in 1840 for the Great Western Railway by Brunel and is a grade II* listed building...
and Bristol. It served the village of Saltford
Saltford
Saltford is a large village and civil parish in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, England. It lies between the cities of Bristol and Bath....
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
.
History
The station was opened four months after the main Great Western RailwayGreat Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
line opened between Bath and Bristol. It was sited at the eastern end of the village at the foot of Saltford Hill, which forms the A4 road running through Saltford. The main building was on the down platform and there was also a small siding for goods. Much of the main line through Saltford runs in a deep cutting or in tunnel.
The station closed on 5 January 1970 along with St Anne's Park, another station on the main line between Bath and Bristol. The buildings and platforms were demolished. Plans to reinstate a Saltford station have not so far succeeded:access to the previous site from the A4 is awkward, but there are few other suitable sites in the village.
Alternative route
Saltford was also served from 1869 to 1948 by a station at KelstonKelston railway station
Kelston was a small railway station about four miles west of Bath on the Midland Railway's Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line. It lies across the fields from the village of Kelston and nearer the village of Saltford on the other side of the River Avon, to which it was connected by a footpath that...
on the Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line
Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line
The Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line opened in 1869 to connect Bath to the Midland Railway network at Mangotsfield, on the former Bristol and Gloucester Railway....
. The bridge carrying that line across the river Avon also carried a footpath from Saltford.