Rodwell railway station

Rodwell
Remains of Rodwell railway station platforms as they exist in 2021
General information
Location	Dorset England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Weymouth and Portland Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway British Railways (Southern Region)
Key dates
1 June 1870 (1870-06-01)	Station opening
3 March 1952 (1952-03-03)	Station closure
Location

Rodwell was a small railway station on the Portland Branch Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset.

Station

Postcard of the station, dated to June 1905

Opened on 1 June 1870, it initially had one platform. However, as part of a scheme that saw several halts opened on the GWR with Railmotor services to counter road competition, a passing place was put in and Rodwell gained another platform and a signal box. The station closed with the branch on 3 March 1952. ^[1]

The site today

The former trackbed of the line is now part of the Rodwell Trail footpath. The former platforms are still in place, just south of the tunnel, under a road and the former Portwey Hospital site.

References

• R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-85260-508-1.
• J.H. Lucking (1968). Railways of Dorset. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.

Notes

1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 365. OCLC   931112387.

External links

• The Rodwell Trail
• Station on navigable O.S. map location marked as Rodwell

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Westham Halt Line and station closed		GWR and LSWR Portland Branch Railway		Sandsfoot Castle Halt Line and station closed

50°36′13″N2°27′41″W / 50.6035°N 2.4614°W / 50.6035; -2.4614