Rodwell | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Dorset |
Country: | England |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Weymouth and Portland Railway |
Pregroup: | Great Western Railway |
Postgroup: | Great Western Railway British Railways (Southern Region) |
Events: | Station opening |
Events1: | Station closure |
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 3 March 1952.[1]
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.