In 1891, the main "Portsmouth Town" engine sheds were moved to the railway sidings at Fratton. By 1914, with the threat of the First World War and an urgent need to expand railway freight sidings in Fratton, the loss-making Southsea Railway branch line was closed to passengers on 6 August 1914 and became an overflow freight siding, and never reopened. After the war, "Fratton & Southsea" reverted to its original name of "Fratton" on 1 December 1921. The "Southsea" name was later reused to rename the main "Portsmouth Town" station in 1925, to "Portsmouth & Southsea".