Rodwell railway station

Rodwell railway station

Rodwell was a small railway station on the Portland Branch Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset. 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 1952.

The Site Today

The former trackbed of the line is a popular walk and the platforms are still there just south of the tunnel [http://railways-1960s-1980s.fotopic.net/p27036661.html] under a road and the former Portwey Hospital site.

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Further reading

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

* ISBN(no ISBN)

Further Reference

The Rodwell Trail [http://website.lineone.net/~wendyedwards/rodwelltrail015.html]


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