Albert Road Bridge Halt railway station
Albert Road Bridge Halt | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Southsea, City of Portsmouth England |
| Grid reference | SZ656990 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 July 1904 |
| Closed | 8 August 1914 |
| Original company | Southsea Railway |
Railways in the Portsmouth area |
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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.
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 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Robertson, K. (1985). The Southsea Railway. Southampton: Kingfisher. ISBN 0-946184-16-X.
- ^ Mitchell, V.; Smith, K. (December 1985). Woking to Portsmouth. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-25-8.
- ^ a b Oppitz, Leslie (1988). Hampshire railways remembered. Newbury: Countryside. ISBN 1-85306-020-8.
- ^ White, H.P. (1992) [1961]. Thomas, David St John; Patmore, J. Allan (eds.). Volume 2: Southern England. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain (5th ed.). Nairn: David St John Thomas. p. 126. ISBN 0-946537-77-1.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 14. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- ^ Petch, M. (1996). Portsmouth's tramways. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-72-3.
- ^ Faulkner, J.N.; Williams, R.A. (1988). The LSWR in the Twentieth Century. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 68. ISBN 0-7153-8927-0.
- ^ Gates, William George (1972) [1925]. Portsmouth in the past. S.R. Publishers. ISBN 0-85409-744-9.
Further reading
[edit]- Dendy Marshall, C.F.; Kidner, R.W. (1963) [1937]. History of the Southern Railway (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 127–8. ISBN 0-7110-0059-X.