Weston (Bath) was a small railway station in

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, about a mile west of

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on the

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line.

It was opened in 1869 when the Midland Railway's Bath branch was opened. It was served by stopping trains to

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and the Bristol Midland Railway terminus at St Philips or

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, via

Bitton Bitton is a village and civil parish of South Gloucestershire in England, to the east of the Greater Bristol area on the River Boyd. It is in South Gloucestershire. The parish of Bitton has a population of 9,307, and apart from the village ...

and

Oldland Common Oldland Common is a village in the far south region of South Gloucestershire, England, on the outskirts of Bristol. It is in the civil parish of Bitton, approximately 8 miles between the centres of cities Bristol and Bath. Oldland Common is ...

. Originally called just Weston, its name was altered to Weston (Bath) in 1934 to avoid confusion with Weston-super-Mare (usually referred to by local people as just "Weston"). The station closed in 1953, killed by competition from bus services, though the railway line through the station did not close until 1966 for passengers and 1971 for goods trains. The next station to the west on the same line, Kelston (for Saltford), had closed at the end of 1948. The line into St Philips closed on the same day as Westo

The station was named after the Weston, Bath, Weston suburb of Bath, but was some distance from Weston village in the area called Lower Weston that now forms part of the Newbridge area of Bath. The station building still exists and is used as offices, formerly including the studio of the now defunct

Bath FM Bath FM was a local independent radio station based at the former Weston railway station in Bath, England. The station was launched in November 1999 and closed on 24 March 2010. The station broadcast to an area with a population of 104,000. I ...

radio station. A

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at the

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on Station Road was demolished when the line was shut.

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