Rodwell railway station

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

Station

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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.

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.

External links

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

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