Destination nowhere

MatC · 52702. Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:48 am

“When Brunel built the railway from Bristol to Bridgwater, he had serious problems negotiating with the locals who wanted high prices for their land and made unreasonable demands. The only way Brunel could run the railway across one piece of land was to agree to build a station in a convenient location for the land owner. As agreed, the station was built but Brunel had the last laugh because the railway company ensured that no trains ever stopped at this station. The land owner started legal proceedings but the agreement was to build a station, nothing had been said about using the station.”

- www.digitaldan.co.uk/wsm/strange.php