Jessie Road Bridge Halt railway station

Jessie Road Bridge Halt
General information
Location	Southsea, City of Portsmouth England
Grid reference	SZ657996
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	1 October 1904;121 years ago (1904-10-01)
Closed	8 August 1914;111 years ago (1914-08-08)
Original company	Southsea Railway
Location

A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Portsmouth, showing the 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]

v t e Railways in the Portsmouth area
Legend
Portsmouth Direct Line to London Waterloo via Guildford West Coastway Line to Brighton & London Victoria West Coastway Line to Southampton Central Portchester Havant M27 Bedhampton Cosham A3(M) Farlington Halt A27 Portsbridge Creek HMNB Portsmouth Admiralty Line Hilsea Portsmouth & Southsea Fratton Portsmouth Harbour Southsea Railway 1885–1914 Gosport Ferry to Gosport Wightlink to Ryde Pier Head Jessie Road Bridge Halt Albert Road Bridge Halt East Southsea

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Fratton		Southsea Railway		Albert Road Bridge Halt

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN   1-85260-508-1, p. 129.
2. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (December 1985). Southern Main Lines: Woking to Portsmouth. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN   0-906520-25-8.
3. "Hampshire railways remembered" Oppitz, L Newbury, Countryside 1988 ISBN   1-85306-020-8
4. "The Southsea Railway" Robertson, K: Southampton, Kingfisher, 1985 ISBN   0-946184-16-X
5. "Portsmouth’s tramways" Petch, M: Midhurst, Middleton Press, 1996 ISBN   1-873793-72-3
6. Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. p. 39. ISBN   0-85361-321-4.

External links

• Intermediate halts listed
• Halt mentioned in short story

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