Weston (Bath) railway station

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Weston (Bath) was a small railway station in Bath about a mile west of Bath Green Park railway station on the Midland Railway line. It was served by stopping trains to Mangotsfield and the Bristol Midland Railway terminus at St Philips or Bristol Temple Meads, via Bitton and Oldland Common. The station closed in 1953, though the railway line did not close until 1966 for passengers and 1971 for goods trains. The next station to the west on the same line, Kelston (for Saltford), had closed at the end of 1948. The line into St Philips closed on the same day as Weston.[1]

The station was named after the Weston suburb of Bath, but was some distance from Weston village in the area called Lower Weston that now forms part of the Newbridge area of Bath.

The station building still exists and is used as offices, including those of the Bath FM radio station. A signal box at the level crossing on Station Road was demolished when the line was shut.