Jessie Road Halt

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Jessie Road Halt
Site of the former halt.
Location
Location Fratton
Area Portsmouth City Council
Grid reference SZ656996
Operations
Pre-grouping Southsea Railway (1885to 1914)
L&SWR/LB&SCR[1]
Post-grouping Closed
Platforms 1
History
1 July 1904 Opened
8 August 1914 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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Jessie Road Halt, was an intermediate station situated on the Southsea Railway [2] between Fratton [3] and Albert Road(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 final nail in the line's coffin was a government directive issued shortly after the declaration of war[6]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[7].

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Fratton   Southsea Railway   Albert Road


[edit] References

  1. ^ Very unusually, the two companies ran the line in alternate years "Portsmouth in the past"Gates,W:Portsmouth, S.P, 1925 rpr1972 ISBN 0854097449
  2. ^ ”Woking to Portsmouth” Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1984 ISBN 1873793381
  3. ^ "Hampshire railways remembered" Oppitz,L Newbury, Countryside 1988 ISBN 1853060208
  4. ^ "The Southsea Railway" Robertson,K: Southampton, Kingfisher, 1985 ISBN 094618416X
  5. ^ ”Portsmouth’s tramways” Petch,M: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1996 ISBN 1873793723
  6. ^ Robertson (Ibid)
  7. ^ Oppitz (Ibid)

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