Paulsgrove Halt[1] was a railway station opened in 1928 to serve the adjacent Portsmouth Racecourse, a pony racing stronghold.
[6] The funding for the station, along with that for the racecourse, was provided by local businessman George Cooper,[7] who lived at nearby Paulsgrove House and was a keen sports fan.
The station closed along with the racecourse when the land was acquired by the military in 1939, at the outbreak of World War II; it was to be used as an ammunition dump.
Since the end of World War II the area has been developed for housing and there have been a number of attempts made to open a station on the same site.
As part of the stadium plans, they are drawing up an integrated transport policy which includes examining the feasibility of opening a station.