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Rhubarb Curve
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:40 pm
by Rich_Eason
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
Re: Rhubarb Curve
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:26 pm
by AndyK
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.
Re: Rhubarb Curve
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:30 pm
by stumpytrain
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!
Cheers,
Alex
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:49 am
by jules
The railway did indeed take the name from the Rhubarb Tavern.
The pub was so named because before it was built, there was a rhubarb field behind it.
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:48 am
by buxton4472
So West Yorkshire's not the only place with a 'Rhubarb Triangle' then!
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:38 am
by stopblock
Its so well known on the railway that it really ought to be adopted into offical publications like the K2 and the sectional appendix.
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:50 pm
by stumpytrain
stopblock wrote:Its so well known on the railway that it really ought to be adopted into offical publications like the K2 and the sectional appendix.
It's often used in the WON to detail T3 protection limits!!!
Alex