Bath Spa station was built in 1840 for the Great Western Railway by Brunel and is now a Grade II* listed building.

The original station featured a hammerbeam roof that covered the area between the platforms, similar to that which still exists at Bristol Temple Meads.

[6] A footbridge leads from the rear of the station across the Avon, allowing direct access to the Widcombe area of the city.

However, this original structure collapsed disastrously in 1877 with a number of deaths, and the present steel girder bridge was erected as a replacement later that same year.

[16] Twerton-on-Avon, and Hampton Row Halt, both on the GWR route, closed in 1917 as a World War I economy measure.

[18] Between Bristol Temple Meads and Westbury a further 3 trains per hour are provided, calling at many of the smaller stations along the route.

Although not referred to as such, it is a skew bridge, crossing the river at about 45 degrees; it "embodies Brunel's ability to find elegant architectural solutions to engineering challenges.

Each arch had five laminations of 6 inches (15 cm) thick Baltic pine, bent to shape and held together with bolts and straps of iron.

The bridge was strengthened in the 1960s with additional steel supports and superstructure, to allow it to carry the extended platforms of Bath Station.