Old Station House & Nos 1-13 the Arches (Bath)

United Kingdom / England / Bath / A36 Lower Bristol Road
 train station, Grade II Listed (UK)

A station building, brickwork arches , completed in 1840 for the Great Western Railway to a design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
The viaduct at Twerton forms part of the Bristol to Bath section of the Great Western Railway laid out between Paddington and Penzance. It was opened in August 1840, and constructed to a design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859). The workers dwellings that Brunel designed into the viaduct replaced a row of former textile mill worker's cottages belonging to Charles Wilkins's Mill which were demolished due to the building of the viaduct.Twerton Station has been closed as a station since 1917, initially as a temporary wartime economy measure, but later because passenger numbers had dropped due to the introduction of electric trams between Twerton and Bath.
The arches are now occupied by various small businesses and a cafe.
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Coordinates:   51°22'49"N   2°23'27"W
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