Fratton Railway Station

Fratton railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, located near Fratton Park, the stadium of association football (soccer) club Portsmouth F. C. . It is located on the Portsmouth Direct Line which runs between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour. PlatformsNormally, platforms 2 and 3 serve and, with platform 1 serving all other destinations. Platforms 2 and 3 are also signalled to allow northbound passenger departures. HistoryThe railway line through Fratton was planned by the Brighton and Chichester Railway as part of the Chichester to Portsmouth Branch Railway, approved in 1845. The line was completed in 1847, the Brighton and Chichester railway merging with several other companies to form the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1846, who went on to operate the line. Fratton was once the junction for the Southsea Railway which closed in 1914. After the Motive power depot closed in the late 1950s, some former sidings were used during the withdrawal of the South West Trains greyhound fleet around 2003. The same sidings were then used in 2007 and in 2009 for freight trials, this involved DB Schenker Rail (UK) hauling small container trains to and from eastleigh. The Idea was abandoned in 2010 due to running costs.

Fratton railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, located near Fratton Park, the stadium of association football (soccer) club Portsmouth F. C. . It is located on the Portsmouth Direct Line which runs between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour. PlatformsNormally, platforms 2 and 3 serve and, with platform 1 serving all other destinations. Platforms 2 and 3 are also signalled to allow northbound passenger departures. HistoryThe railway line through Fratton was planned by the Brighton and Chichester Railway as part of the Chichester to Portsmouth Branch Railway, approved in 1845. The line was completed in 1847, the Brighton and Chichester railway merging with several other companies to form the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1846, who went on to operate the line. Fratton was once the junction for the Southsea Railway which closed in 1914. After the Motive power depot closed in the late 1950s, some former sidings were used during the withdrawal of the South West Trains greyhound fleet around 2003. The same sidings were then used in 2007 and in 2009 for freight trials, this involved DB Schenker Rail (UK) hauling small container trains to and from eastleigh. The Idea was abandoned in 2010 due to running costs.