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Title: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: grahame on April 08, 2009, 15:38:18 Quote 14:45 Westbury to Gloucester due 16:32 This train has been revised.It will call additionally at: Bristol Temple Meads.It will no longer call at: Oldfield Park and Keynsham. Last Updated: 08/04/2009 15:23 (http://www.wellho.net/pix/rhubarb.jpg) I think that's the first time I've seen a stop at Temple Meads added. Title: Re: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: rogerw on April 08, 2009, 17:59:41 Even stranger as this service is scheduled to stop at Bristol Temple Meads
Title: Re: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: devon_metro on April 08, 2009, 18:03:36 And no Graham, it is not scheduled to use the rhubarb :)
That particular service is: 2R99 1338 Westbury to Bristol Parkway Title: Re: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 08, 2009, 18:20:41 Title: Re: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: Btline on April 08, 2009, 19:16:46 Uh? ??? Title: Re: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: Phil on April 08, 2009, 19:29:40 It's a loop line I believe
Title: Re: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: devon_metro on April 08, 2009, 20:15:23 (http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l50/liamy_2006/rhubarb.jpg)
Title: Re: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: Btline on April 08, 2009, 20:40:43 Ok, it's beginning to make sense.
But why call it Rhubarb Curve? ??? Title: Re: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: moonraker on April 08, 2009, 20:51:19 It is called the Rhubarb because of the pub halfway through the curve The Rhubarb Inn
http://www.britishpubguide.com/cgi-bin/pub.cgi?results:Bristol:29 Simples Title: Re: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: inspector_blakey on April 08, 2009, 23:38:52 As you head into Temple Meads from Bath/Keynsham, shortly after the train crosses the bridge over the Feeder a line diverges to the right - this is the Rhubarb, a chord that joins the line up Filton Bank (at Dr Day's Junction I think, although I'm ready to be shot down by those who know better) to the line past Bristol East Depot and enables trains to bypass Temple Meads. Although this is the first time I've seen the origins of the name explained.
Ten points to anyone who can tell us why the Rhubarb Tavern is so named (no, I don't know the answer!) Title: Re: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: smithy on April 09, 2009, 08:38:32 And no Graham, it is not scheduled to use the rhubarb :) That particular service is: 2R99 1338 Westbury to Bristol Parkway 2r99 is scheduled to run via rhubarb to parkway,probably called additionally at BTM because the southampton-worcs had a fault or something which 2r99 runs slightly behind. Title: Re: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: super tm on April 09, 2009, 08:39:04 . Ten points to anyone who can tell us why the Rhubarb Tavern is so named (no, I don't know the answer!) Most likely there would have market gardens in the area and a lot of rhubarb would have been grown. Near where I live there is a pub called the asparagus for the same reason. Title: Re: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: johoare on April 09, 2009, 10:41:59 Ten points to anyone who can tell us why the Rhubarb Tavern is so named (no, I don't know the answer!) I tried looking it up on Google (yes, sad I know! ;D) but didn't find the answer.. Title: Re: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: eightf48544 on April 09, 2009, 14:57:20 This train features in the Richard Maund's website of Passenger Train Services over Unusual Lines, hardcopy versions published by the Branch Line Society.
http://www.psul4all.free-online.co.uk/intro.htm (http://www.psul4all.free-online.co.uk/intro.htm) Well worth a visit for any track bashers reading this Forum. It appears to be the only scheduled passenger service over the loop. Title: Re: Additionally calling at Temple Meads! Post by: tramway on April 14, 2009, 11:55:10 AFAIK Dr Day was an big advocate of the use of rhubarb as a miracle cure-all, and hence a lot of the stuff was grown in the area.
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