A while back l pointed out how vegetation was beginning to take hold on the retaining wall of the Great … More
Tag: Network Rail
Bath, April 26th.
Bath doesn’t rate very well in the litter stakes with our streets way down the list for cleanliness – often … More
Bath’s turf wear
Two years of necessary disruption around Bath Abbey as the multi-million pound Footprint Project gets underway but l can’t resist … More
Rail closure over Easter.
Easter problems ahead on our railway link with Bristol it seems. Bath & North East Somerset Council is asking visitors … More
Rails-way station
I am naturally curious. Don’t know whether it’s journalistic training – or that l came ‘ready-wired’ for being nosey – … More
The Bath Briefing
Want to know how many Bath Spa undergraduates cycle to classes or how many people crammed into Bath last year … More
Buddleia versus Brunel.
Elsewhere on Bath Newseum l have drawn attention to the state of the stone balustrade on the Grand Parade side … More
Brunel’s footbridge still due to be restored.
Brunel’s cast iron footbridge over the main line to London – cutting through Bath’s Sydney Gardens – is now open … More
It’s amaze-ing!
Hands up if you haven’t yet heard of the “Sydney Gardens Parks for People Heritage Lottery Fund Project.” Yeh l … More
We’ve bought a ruin!
Apart from their Christian names, l know nothing about Wendy and Tom – the new owners of a patch of … More
Bath Spa’s platform extensions
Well the Government may have slowed things down on the electrification front but that hasn’t stopped Network Rail engineers getting … More
Guildhall buddleia and the new monolith.
A quick round up as we head into the weekend. Network Rail contractors have completed repairs to the decking of … More
Council aims to keep people moving during rail station closure.
Bath & North East Somerset Council says it’s determined to keep people moving during the forthcoming improvement works at Bath … More
Guildhall’s green ribbons.
Whatever the green ribbons were meant to represent – and l am told it is Mental Health Awareness – they … More
More room at Bath Spa station when the power lines go through.
Network Rail say they intend keeping Bath Spa station open next April – even though this historic stopping point on the … More
A penny for your thoughts?
B&NES has big plans for making historic Sydney Gardens more ’21st century’ friendly. That’s if the council is successful in … More
Bath Spa station closure expected during April, 2017
I am hearing the next period of major rail disruption for Bath is currently expected to come during April next … More
What fate for a Bath footbridge?
Railway footbridge 10565 is one of the countless crossings of the main line to London erected since Brunel linked Bristol … More