Rodwell railway station

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

Station[edit]

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 in 3 March 1952.^[1]

The site today[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ 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[edit]

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″N 2°27′41″W / 50.6035°N 2.4614°W / 50.6035; -2.4614

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[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.

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