Green Park Station was once the terminus of the Midland Railway,Bristol and Bath Railway Path: The Midland Railway . Retrieved 8 August 2009 and junction for the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, whose line, always steam hauled, went through the Devonshire tunnel (under the Wellsway, St Luke's Church and the Devonshire Arms), through the Combe Down Tunnel and climbed over the Mendips to serve many towns and villages on its run to Bournemouth. This example of an English rural line was closed by Beeching in March 1966. Its Bath station building, now restored, houses shops, small businesses, the Saturday Bath Farmers Market and parking for a supermarket, while the route of the Somerset and Dorset within Bath has been reused for the Two Tunnels Greenway, a shared use path that extends National Cycle Route 24 into the city.
greEN park statioN was oNCE the terMINUs Of THe midlaND Railway,bRistOL ANd Bath RAILwaY Path: the mIdLANd rAIlWAy . RetrieveD 8 augUst 2009 ANd juncTioN FOR the someRSEt and dOrsET joint raiLway, whoSe line, AlwayS sTEam HauleD, wEnT througH thE DEVonSHiRE tunnel (unDer tHe wEllsWay, st lukE's cHurch And tHe devOnshire Arms), throUGh thE comBe DOwn tuNnEl and clImbed OVer the menDIpS To sErve Many townS And ViLlAgEs ON itS rUN to boUrNeMoUth. tHis exaMPLe of AN enGlish Rural linE Was cLosed by bEecHing In mARcH 1966. iTS baTh statIoN BuILdinG, NOw ResToReD, houseS shoPs, SmalL businesses, The saTurdaY bATH fARMeRs market And PaRking FOr A sUPERMarket, WhiLE ThE routE of thE soMERsEt aNd dorseT withiN batH has bEEn reUSed foR the two tunnels greenWaY, A shared use path that extENdS natiOnAL cYcLe rouTE 24 into The City.