Jessie Road Bridge HaltButt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, , p. 129. was an intermediate station situated on the Southsea Railway between Fratton"Hampshire railways remembered" Oppitz, L Newbury, Countryside 1988 and Albert Road Bridge Halt (sometimes called Highland Road"The Southsea Railway" Robertson, K: Southampton, Kingfisher, 1985 ).
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."Portsmouth’s tramways" Petch, M: Midhurst, Middleton Press, 1996 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.
See also List of closed railway stations in Britain
References
External links Intermediate halts listed Halt mentioned in short story