Stations vs development
... it can no longer be argued that Temple Meads is "in the middle of nowhere".
There's a whole rich thread to be had from that: why the arrival of a station can often be seen not to have pulled significant development towards it - and another aspect of this: if a station happens to be 'too well sited' its passengers are at perennial risk of finding that its services have been relocated to somewhere less convenient - and sometimes this happens with indecent haste. Common to both: property interests perhaps.
Mark
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