Albert Road Bridge Halt railway station

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Albert Road Bridge Halt
General information
Location Southsea, City of Portsmouth
England
Grid reference SZ656990
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened1 July 1904;119 years ago (1904-07-01)
Closed8 August 1914;109 years ago (1914-08-08)
Original company Southsea Railway
Railways in the Portsmouth area
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Portchester
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Havant
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Bedhampton
Cosham
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Farlington Halt
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A27
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HMNB Portsmouth
Admiralty Line
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Hilsea
Portsmouth & Southsea
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Fratton
Portsmouth Harbour
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Southsea Railway 1885–1914
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Jessie Road Bridge Halt
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Albert Road Bridge Halt
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East Southsea
A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Portsmouth, showing the Southsea Railway Havant & Portsmouth RJD 11.jpg
A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Portsmouth, showing the Southsea Railway

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

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The Southsea Railway opened on 1 July 1885, [4] and on that line, Albert Road Bridge Halt was opened on 1 July 1904 and closed a decade later on 6 August 1914, [5] it was part of a concerted effort to boost revenue and thus see off competition from the burgeoning tramway network. [6] The Southsea Railway was jointly owned by the London and South Western Railway and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, [7] and very unusually, the two companies ran the line in alternate years. [8] The final nail in the line's coffin was a government directive issued shortly after the declaration of war [1] 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]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Jessie Road
Bridge Halt
  Southsea Railway   East Southsea

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