Railway
Engineering Report: Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, Bath Extension
Wellow-Midford-Bath Park
Background Information on Wellow Station (from Clapcott)
Open 20 July 1874
Built close to the village
Two platforms, with main station on upper platform
Area controlled by 18 lever signal box at East end of down platform, adjacent to the level crossing
Closed to goods traffic 10 June 1963
Closed to passenger traffic 7 March 1966
Part of the Somerset & Dorset Bath Extension
Signal box was "jointly owned by the London & South Western and Midland Railways, although it is clear that the former carried out most of the signaling work" (The Signal Box)
Current Issues
Trackbed missing in the majority of route from Wellow to Bath
Severe disrepair in parts where tracks still exist
Corrosion is severe in all components (rail web, base plate)
Base plates have been compromised nearly the whole way
Corroded rail foot
Defective, missing, dry or corroded joints
Headwear, rail heads nearly nonexistent
Diversion of electrical components; preventing signaling in current state
Land use issues; large swathes have been subsumed by local development
Irregularities in land surface due to weather, climate change (undulations, sinkhole-like erosion, tree growth creating irregularities in existing track lines)
Water and sewage main conflict and subsequent water drainage issues
Signal Box and Station both privately owned;…
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