sentences:  The word "Halt" was dropped from its title (and from that of other surviving BR stations where it had previously appeared) on 5 May 1969.No further services called at Radipole after 31 December 1983 as, according to the Southern Region of British Railways, its wooden platforms had become "too unsafe for use to continue".At the time, the Department for Transport was considering a proposal to withdraw passenger services from the station and British Rail had stated that heavy expenditure on repairs was not justified whilst the station's future was in doubt.