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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
Platforms 1
History
1 October 1904 Opened
8 August 1914 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Jessie Road Bridge Halt was an intermediate station situated on the Southsea Railway between Fratton and Albert Road Bridge Halt (sometimes called Highland Road).

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


Coordinates: 50°47′34″N 1°04′07″W / 50.792697°N 1.068521°W / 50.792697; -1.068521


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