2. Railways

Rodbourne to Bath

Just west of Royal Wootton Bassett the line splits with the original road to Bath and Bristol and the railway to South Wales takes a more northerly route. After a brief hour or so on that line I headed south to pick up the original Great Western Railway to finish at Bath. 23/6/2005
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    The eastern approach to Bath station runs through the beautiful Sydney Gardens and are the only remaining eighteenth-century pleasure gardens (or Vauxhall) in the country, they were laid out in the 1790s. 43028 leads 1C48 1530 Paddington to Bristol service through the gardens.
    On the back of 1A26, 1700 Bristol to Paddington is 43151. Just a low wall separates the railway from those who enjoy the gardens. Brunel designed the retaining walls and one of the footbridges.
    A silver liveried Wessex Trains three car class 158 158968 comes under one of the many bridges on this stretch of the line through the gardens. The train is 1F26 1522 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central.