Jessie Road Bridge Halt railway station
Jessie Road Bridge Halt | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | City of Portsmouth |
| Line(s) | Southsea Railway (1885 to 1914) |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | L&SWR/LB&SCR[1] |
| Key dates | |
| 1 October 1904 | Opened |
| 8 August 1914 | Closed |
Jessie Road Bridge Halt[2] was an intermediate station situated on the Southsea Railway[3] between Fratton[4] and Albert Road Bridge Halt (sometimes called Highland Road[5]).
Opened in 1904 and closed a decade later it was part of a concerted effort to boost revenue and thus see off competition from the burgeoning tramway network.[6] The station's only platform was on the down line, the up line being out of use.[7] The final nail in the line's coffin was a government directive issued shortly after the declaration of war[5] that railways unable to support themselves would cease operations at the earliest opportunity; and, as the line clearly fell into this category, the last train ran early in August 1914.[4]
Railways in the Portsmouth area |
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fratton | Southsea Railway | Albert Road Bridge Halt |
See also
References
- ^ Very unusually, the two companies ran the line in alternate years "Portsmouth in the past"Gates,W:Portsmouth, S.P, 1925 rpr1972 ISBN 0-85409-744-9
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 129.
- ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (December 1985). Southern Main Lines: Woking to Portsmouth. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-25-8.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ a b "Hampshire railways remembered" Oppitz,L Newbury, Countryside 1988 ISBN 1-85306-020-8
- ^ a b "The Southsea Railway" Robertson,K: Southampton, Kingfisher, 1985 ISBN 0-946184-16-X
- ^ ”Portsmouth’s tramways” Petch,M: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1996 ISBN 1-873793-72-3
- ^ Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. p. 39. ISBN 0-85361-321-4.