Albert Road Halt

Infobox UK disused station
name = Albert Road Halt


caption = Site of the former halt.
gridref = SZ656996
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 = Fratton
borough = Portsmouth City Council
platforms = 1
years = 1 July 1904
events = Opened
years1 = 8 August 1914
events1 = Closed

Albert Road Halt (sometimes called Highland Road)"The Southsea Railway" Robertson,K: Southampton, Kingfisher, 1985 ISBN 094618416X] was an intermediate station situated on the Southsea Railwaycite book | first = and Smith, K| last = Mitchell, V| authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 1984 | month = | title = ”Woking to Portsmouth”| chapter = | editor = | others = | edition = | pages = | publisher = Middleton Press| location = Midhurst| id = ISBN 1873793381 | url = ] , between Jessie Roadcite book | first = Leslie| last = Oppitz| authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 1988 | month = | title = "Hampshire railways remembered"| chapter = | editor = | others = | edition = | pages = | publisher = Countryside | location = Newbury | id = ISBN 1853060208 | url = ] and East Southsea. 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 networkcite book | first = M| last = Petch| authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 1996| month = | title = ”Portsmouth’s tramways” | chapter = | editor = | others = | edition = | pages = | publisher = Middleton Press| location = Midhurst| id = ISBN 1873793723 | url = ] . 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.

References

See also

* List of closed railway stations in Britain

External links

* [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/mickssrsource/srmiddgazet/lbscr.html Intermediate halts listed]
* [http://www.lbscr.demon.co.uk/books/index.html Bibliography]