Trains at: Portsmouth & Southsea, PDL, 26/06/21

An excellent afternoon session spent at Portsmouth & Southsea on the Portsmouth Direct Line where we see endless services from South Western Railway, Great Western Railway and Southern.

Portsmouth & Southsea was opened in 1847 and was originally called Portsmouth Town as to avoid confusion with other stations around Portsmouth at the time. It wasn't until 1925 when the station was renamed to Portsmouth & Southsea. This was because from 1885 till 1914 there was a branch line called the Southsea Railway Branch Line which ran into the town of Southsea and terminated there. The reason for the closure of the line was because of fierce competition from trams and trolleybusses. Once the station was closed tourists were redirected towards Portsmouth Town station. A year later in 1926 the town of Southsea became integrated with Portsmouth.

One interesting feature about this station is the old station canopy covering platforms 1 + 2. It still retains it's old Network Southeast Livery.

This was my first time here and I can safely say I was not dissapointed. I love the unique layout of this station for trains coming to and from Portsmouth Harbour, on top of that if you do come here and you have an afternoon free I would highly recommend going for a walk around the historic dockyards of Portsmouth as there is so much to be seen there if you are into your naval history. I highly recommend that you go for a walk around HMS Victory, a beautiful ship with loads to learn about.

My next station is going to be Ely on the Fen Line.

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