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Fratton railway station is a railway station in the city of Portsmouth, on Portsea Island in England. It was opened in the Fratton area of Portsmouth on 1 July 1885 as an interchange station between the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and the short-lived Southsea Railway branchline.
A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Portsmouth, showing the Southsea Railway. East Southsea was the name of two terminus railway stations of the 1.25 mile [1] Southsea Railway, which linked the Southsea seaside resort with the Portsmouth Direct Line at Fratton railway station. [2]
A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Portsmouth, showing the Southsea Railway. The Southsea Railway was a short railway branch line. It was built to give easier access from the jointly operated main line railway approaching Portsmouth to the Clarence Pier from which Isle of Wight ferries sailed.
It was later renamed Portsmouth Town on 2 October 1876 [3] to avoid confusion with other stations in Portsmouth, such as Portsmouth Harbour. To the south of the passenger railway station and high level platforms, an adjoining railway goods station stood until 1936, [ 4 ] when it was relocated to Fratton Goods Yard.
In Portsmouth Harbour, a road bridge connects Portsea Island to Whale Island, a restricted Royal Navy shore base establishment. Portsea Island has four railway stations (Portsmouth Harbour, Portsmouth & Southsea, Fratton and Hilsea) connected by an island branch line to the mainland railway network via a short railway bridge over Portsea Creek.
The name Fratton was once Froddington, a Saxon name which originally meant "Frodda's Farm" or "Frodda's village". A pub on Fratton Road is still named "The Froddington Arms". [3] There is a commemorative plaque by the petrol station near Fratton Asda, marking where a bomb shelter was hit by a bomb on 10 January 1941, killing 80 people. [4]
Milton (Milton → City of Portsmouth → Hampshire → South East England → England → United Kingdom) Camera location 50° 47′ 45.3″ N, 1° 03′ 54″ W
Fratton Traincare Depot is a traction maintenance depot in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The depot occupies the site alongside Fratton railway station, with two of the sidings right next to Goldsmith Avenue. It has a carriage washer and is the fuelling point for the Class 158 and Class 159 DMUs.