East Southsea railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = East Southsea


caption = The line crossed a bridge here and terminated shortly afterwards.
gridref = SZ653986
manager = Southsea Railway (1885 to 1914)
L&SWR/LB&SCR [Very unusually, the two companies ran the line in alternate years "Portsmouth in the past"Gates,W:Portsmouth, S.P, 1925 rpr1972 ISBN 0854097449]
owner = "Closed"
locale = Southsea
borough = Portsmouth City Council
platforms = 1
years = 2 July 1885
events = Opened
years1 = 8 August 1914
events1 = Closed

East Southsea railway station was the terminus of the 1.25 mile"The Southsea Railway" Robertson,K: Southampton, Kingfisher, 1985 ISBN 094618416X] Southsea Railway, which linked the resort with the main line from London at Fratton ”Woking to Portsmouth” Mitchell,V/Smith,K: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1984 ISBN 1873793381] . The only discrete station until 1904 (when Jessie Road and Albert Road opened"Hampshire railways remembered" Oppitz,L Newbury, Countryside 1988 ISBN 1853060208] ), it was initially a success [Despite being 0.25 miles from the coast] , but was unable to compete with the burgeoning tramway network ”Portsmouth’s tramways” Petch,M: Midhurst, Middleton Press,1996 ISBN 1873793723] . The final nail in the line's coffin was a government directive issued shortly after the declaration of war [Robertson (Ibid)] 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 [Oppitz (Ibid)] .

References

See also

* List of closed railway stations in Britain

External links

* [http://www.portsmouth-guide.co.uk/local/soutrail.htm Fate of old station]
* [http://www.lbscr.demon.co.uk/books/index.html Bibliography]