Rodmarton Platform railway station

Rodmarton Platform was a railway station serving the village of Rodmarton on the Tetbury branch line between Cirencester and Tetbury in Gloucestershire. The station opened on 1 September 1904 and closed in April 1964^[1] as a result of the Beeching Axe.

Rodmarton Platform
General information
Location	Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, Cotswold England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1904	opened
1964	closed
Location

Rodmarton Platform was the first Great Western station to use the name "platform".^[1][2] The term originally came from Scottish railway stations was used by Great Western to describe stations smaller than fully-fledged stations but longer than halts, and ones that offered services such as ticket sales, mail transport and some light goods.^[1] The wooden platform carried a "Pagoda" shelter for passenger use.^[3]

Rodmarton Platform was opened to serve the small village of Rodmarton, though the railway and station was sited some distance from the village.^[4]

Route

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Jackaments Bridge Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Tetbury branch line		Church's Hill Halt Line and station closed