Rodmarton Platform railway station

Rodmarton Platform
General information
Location	Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, Cotswold England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1904	opened
1964	closed
Location

Rodmarton Platform was a railway station serving the village of Rodmarton on the Tetbury branch line between Cirencester and Tetbury in Gloucestershire. The station opened on 1 September 1904 and closed in April 1964 ^[1] as a result of the Beeching Axe.

Rodmarton Platform was the first Great Western station to use the name "platform". ^{[1] [2]} The term originally came from Scottish railway stations was used by Great Western to describe stations smaller than fully-fledged stations but longer than halts, and ones that offered services such as ticket sales, mail transport and some light goods. ^[1] The wooden platform carried a "Pagoda" shelter for passenger use. ^[3]

Rodmarton Platform was opened to serve the small village of Rodmarton, though the railway and station was sited some distance from the village. ^[4]

Route

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Jackaments Bridge Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Tetbury branch line		Church's Hill Halt Line and station closed

References

1. Herring, Peter (2004). Yesterday's railways (2004 ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 70. ISBN   0715317334.
2. Lloyd, David (1981). "Cirencester and Tetbury Branches". me&im. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
3. Fenton, Mike (March 2019). Blakemore, Michael (ed.). "Kemble Station and its branches, Part 2: The Railbus Years". Back Track. 33 (3). Easingwold: Pendragon Publishing.
4. Atterbury, Paul (2006). Branch line Britain : a nostalgic journey celebrating a golden age. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 128. ISBN   0715324160.

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