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Westmoreland Road goods yard

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The Bath engine shed at Westmoreland closed in February 1961. The goods depot closed in May 1967, but the sidings remained open for full loads until 31 December 1980. In the 1980s the goods depot was redeveloped into an office development called The Square, with the former goods shed converted into
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was also moved from Bath Spa to Westmoreland in 1880. The goods depot was located on the up side of the line, fronting onto the Lower Bristol Road, opposite the Newark Works of crane makers
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A passageway at the western end of Westmoreland Station Road still gives pedestrian access under the railway to Westmoreland Street; in 2018 a review of the
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1902 map showing goods shed and yard, and its associated down side sidings (Bath West) on the west side of the Westmoreland Road railway bridge
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It took its name from Westmoreland Road, by which it stood. The official name of the station is uncertain. Railway historian
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Former goods shed, now part of The Square, an office development on the site of the goods yard
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The down side sidings (Bath West) were developed as a refuse transfer terminal, called
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Down-side sidings become refuse transfer terminal (Westmoreland Railhead)
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Placemaking Areas: Bath Quays South - Newark Works and Riverside Court
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One notable event was the unloading in 1903 of the special train for
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The goods depot was opened in 1877, freeing space at the constrained
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in his book covering this part of the Great Western Railway line.
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public rights of way recommended that it be classified as such.
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in the mid-1980s, taking waste to a landfill site in
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Goods shed closed, sidings remain open for full loads
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