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I saw Rhubarb Curve mentioned in some text referring to train travel around Bristol.
After a bit of searching on the net it suggested that this is the Bath Bristol South Wales avoiding Temple Meads link off Dr Days Junction.
Its not a name I am familiar with and wondered just out of curiosity more than anything how it became known as Rhubarb Curve if indeed this is what it is called
Rich_Eason wrote:I saw Rhubarb Curve mentioned in some text referring to train travel around Bristol.
After a bit of searching on the net it suggested that this is the Bath Bristol South Wales avoiding Temple Meads link off Dr Days Junction.
Its not a name I am familiar with and wondered just out of curiosity more than anything how it became known as Rhubarb Curve if indeed this is what it is called
I think it is because it passes close by a pub called the Rhubarb Tavern.
AndyK wrote:I think it is because it passes close by a pub called the Rhubarb Tavern.
Quite correct, it's the railwaymen's name for the rather boringly titled 'Bristol Loop' from North Somerset Junction to Dr. Day's Bridge Junction. Which, like many locations on the railway it's named after the local public house.
I've not heard it called the Rhubarb Curve, only Rhubarb Loop, but the vast majority of the time it's plain and simple "The Rhubarb" with no suffix. It's in such common use that it wouldn't surprise me if very few actually knew where the Bristol Loop is!
