Jessie Road Bridge Halt railway station explained

Jessie Road Bridge Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Southsea, City of Portsmouth
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:Southsea Railway

Jessie Road Bridge Halt[1] was an intermediate station situated on the Southsea Railway[2] between Fratton[3] and Albert Road Bridge Halt (sometimes called Highland Road[4]).

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.[5] The station's only platform was on the down line, the up line being out of use.[6] The final nail in the line's coffin was a government directive issued shortly after the declaration of war[4] 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.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford,, p. 129.
  2. Book: Southern Main Lines: Woking to Portsmouth . Mitchell . Vic . Smith . Keith . Midhurst . Middleton Press . December 1985 . 0-906520-25-8 .
  3. "Hampshire railways remembered" Oppitz,L Newbury, Countryside 1988
  4. "The Southsea Railway" Robertson,K: Southampton, Kingfisher, 1985
  5. "Portsmouth’s tramways" Petch,M: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1996
  6. Book: Kidner, R. W.. 1985. Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. 39. The Oakwood Press. Headington, Oxford. 0-85361-321-4.