Jessie Road Bridge Halt railway station
| Jessie Road Bridge Halt | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Fratton |
| Area | City of Portsmouth |
| Grid reference | SZ657996 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Southsea Railway (1885 to 1914) |
| Pre-grouping | L&SWR/LB&SCR[1] |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 1 October 1904 | Opened |
| 8 August 1914 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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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]
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Fratton | Southsea Railway | Albert Road Bridge Halt |
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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.
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Hampshire railways remembered" Oppitz,L Newbury, Countryside 1988 ISBN 1-85306-020-8
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "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
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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