Rail travellers through Bath are having to get used to new connecting arrangements while the direct rail line to London … More
Tag: Network Rail
Rail works begin!
Bath starts to be directly affected by the massive and costly construction programme Network Rail have underway to electrify the … More
Bath on the move
Commuters and visitors to Bath are being encouraged to beat the rail works and make the most of the World … More
More platform space at Bath Spa Station.
It’s fair to say Bath’s two rather narrow railway station platforms – serving trains to and from the capital – can … More
Rabbit exclusion zone
Bath has to get used to seeing its once green-covered railway embankments stripped of vegetation. It’s part of the price … More
Work on rail crossing to Hampton Row.
Preliminary work on Network Rail’s multi-billion pound electrification of the London to Bristol line is starting to be noticed in … More
First ‘green’ Western
‘We’re about to put Brunel back into his railway’ said the man from First Great Western when we started chatting … More
A brush with history
Cycling home through Sydney Gardens today l came across an artist hard at work on a easel he had set … More
Canal, rail track and now a ‘ditch’ for Sydney Gardens?
Here – roughly sketched on a piece of paper by an engineer from Network Rail – is the first … More
Digging gets underway in Sydney Gardens
With the electrification of the Great Western Line from London to Bristol and beyond underway – and likely to affect … More
It’s electrifying – but gently does it!
Well there is real hope now that Network Rail will be proceeding as gently as possible when its electrification construction … More
Summer survey at Bath Spa station
If you are passing through Bath Spa station this summer – whether as a tourist or a regular commuter – … More
Summer 2015 misery for Bath rail users!
If the current weather conditions weren’t making it difficult enough for many rail users – if you’re a Bath commuter … More
Have Your Say on Saltford Station
Today’s the day Saltford residents can have their say about plans to re-open the local station. The drop-in event, which … More
Lights and locomotives in Sydney Gardens
The Virtual Museum of Bath hears Sydney Gardens might be getting public lighting at last. Looks like they will be … More
Rail relics recognised
English Heritage has been making headlines just recently helping to do its bit for England‘s railway history. In a joint … More
Council ‘pruning’ hits flower displays.
Whilst l have been singing the praises of the floral displays in Bath’s Parade Gardens – seems council cut-backs are … More
Bikes, bus-shelters and Brunel.
Great to see all the work coming to an end around the Guildhall where extended paving and a new crossing … More