Hampton Row Halt railway station

Hampton Row Halt railway station is a former railway station in Bath, Somerset, England.

Hampton Row Halt
Location
PlaceBathwick
AreaBath and North East Somerset
Operations
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Platforms2
History
1907Station Opened
1917Station Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Architecture and opening
Hampton Row station from Kennet and Avon Canal

Hampton Row was named after the street that leads eastwards from Sydney Gardens. The station was built as a halt for the eastern suburbs of Bath. It opened as a railway station in 1907 for Great Western Railway stopping train services from Bristol, Swindon and Westbury, Wiltshire.

The station had two platforms linked by an iron foot bridge which still exists.

The station is on the south side of the river Avon, but to the north of the Kennet and Avon Canal which had to be relocated further south when the railway was built.

Accidents and incidents
  • On 15 August 1876 a freight train was derailed at Hampton Row after a bale of cotton fell off a wagon and derailed the one behind it.[1]

Subsequent history

The station was open for only a short period as at the same time trams and motor transport were becoming more commonplace. As a street, Hampton Row leads only on to the canal towpath, which limited the station's accessibility.

Closure

The station was closed on 25 April 1917 as an economy measure during the First World War as with Twerton station, which served the west of the city. Neither station reopened when peace came.

Current uses

The station has been almost entirely dismantled showing up only as a vacant space between the railway lines and the road or canal embankment. A section of rail forms a barrier between a turning/parking area at the end of Hampton Row and railway property. Numbers 9-14 Hampton Row became derelict after Buchanan's Plan for Bath was released in the 1960s, with a new road intended to pass through the site. The houses were compulsorily purchased, but the plan never came to fruition.

References
  1. "Railway Accidents". The Times (28709). London. 16 August 1876. col C-D, p. 11.
  • Oakley, Mike (2002). Somerset Railway Stations. Wimborne: Dovecote Press. ISBN 1-904349-09-9.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Bath Spa
Line and station open		   Great Western Railway
Great Western Main Line		   Bathampton
Line open, station closed

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