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'''To Bristol''': [[Thicket Road]]<br> | '''To Bristol''': [[Thicket Road]]<br> | ||
'''To Bath or the North''': [[Staple Hill Tunnel]]<br> | '''To Bath or the North''': [[Staple Hill Tunnel]]<br> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Opened on 1st November [[1888]]. Closed on 7th March [[1966]]. | Opened on 1st November [[1888]]. Closed on 7th March [[1966]]. | ||
== 1960s == | |||
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Image:Staple Hill4.jpg|'''82004''' stands at the station during August [[1965]]. The footbridge is visible behind the loco. ''© [[:Category:Robin Summerhill|Robin Summerhill]]'' | |||
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== 2004 == | == 2004 == | ||
26.8.04 | 26.8.04 | ||
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Image:Staple Hill2.jpg|Another view of the station. Viewed from the west looking east. 22.9.07 | Image:Staple Hill2.jpg|Another view of the station. Viewed from the west looking east. 22.9.07 | ||
Image:Staple Hill3.jpg|The view east with [[Staple Hill Tunnel]] behind. 10.12.07 | Image:Staple Hill3.jpg|The view east with [[Staple Hill Tunnel]] behind. The seating is by sculptor Steve Joyce. Part of the inspiration for the design came from work with Year 5 pupils at Staple Hill Primary School in [[2004]]. The pupils visited the station area and then went on to explore the idea of 'tracks' and other related themes in a set of arts workshops. 10.12.07 | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[Category:Bristol and Bath Railway Path]] | [[Category:Bristol and Bath Railway Path]] | ||
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[[Category:Stations]] | [[Category:Stations]] | ||
[[Category:Stations:Closed]] | [[Category:Stations:Closed]] | ||
[[Category:Robin Summerhill]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:16, 17 August 2022
To Bristol: Thicket Road
To Bath or the North: Staple Hill Tunnel
History
Opened on 1st November 1888. Closed on 7th March 1966.
1960s
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82004 stands at the station during August 1965. The footbridge is visible behind the loco. © Robin Summerhill
2004
26.8.04
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The surviving Up platform at Staple Hill.© Clive Moore
2007
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Another view of the station. Viewed from the west looking east. 22.9.07 -
The view east with Staple Hill Tunnel behind. The seating is by sculptor Steve Joyce. Part of the inspiration for the design came from work with Year 5 pupils at Staple Hill Primary School in 2004. The pupils visited the station area and then went on to explore the idea of 'tracks' and other related themes in a set of arts workshops. 10.12.07
