As 31286 heads west with an up parcels working, 33042

brings a Bristol Temple Meads working past Hampton Row to the east of Bath. Note that the 33 is carrying a 99 headcode rather than the more usual 89 as carried on this line. So, judging by the length of the train and the time of day (lunchtime) I think that this was probably the 1V23 08.30 Brighton to Bristol Temple Meads via Southampton and Salisbury service. The picture is taken from a small wrought iron footbridge built for the long closed Hampton Row Halt that was only open for ten years between 1907 and 1917. The footbridge still exists today as do the derelict houses to the left of the photograph. They were compulsory purchased during the 1960s as a road was planned to pass through the area to the left as part of the Buchanan plan for Bath (and many other cities). Thankfully, the plan was quietly shelved but, astonishingly, fifty years later the terraced row of of five lovely houses are still derelict and heavily vandalised. They do not create a great impression as visitors arrive and depart from the city of Bath by train!