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LSWR Principal Network Map. Competing lines in pink

Legend London Waterloo Nine Elms: former terminus LBSCR routes Clapham Junction LBSCR routes Surbiton Woking Guildford, Haslemere Farnborough (Main) Alton Basingstoke Winchester LBSCR coast line Eastleigh, Havant Andover Portsmouth stations Southampton stations Salisbury, Southampton Docks Brockenhurst, Lymington Sherbourne Ringwood, Christchurch Bournemouth Somerset & Doreset Line diverges Poole Templecombe Wareham, Swanage Yeovil Dorchester stations Weymouth Crewkerne, Portland (GWR) Chard Axminster Honiton Exeter St Davids GWR to Bristol & London Crediton Plymouth stations Okehampton Tavistock stations Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge Barnstaple The Bideford Line Bude Lynton Illfracombe Launceston stations Camelford Wentford Bridge Bodmin Central Bodmin General,Bodmin Road GWR Wadebridge Padstow

Waterloo Station

The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1840 to 1923. Its ultimate network extended from London to Plymouth via Yeovil, Exeter and Okehampton with branches to Barnstaple, Ilfracombe and Torrington and Padstow and Wadebridge — a territory in which it was in direct competition with the Great Western Railway — and, via Basingstoke, Winchester and Southampton, along the Dorset coast to Bournemouth and Weymouth. It also had a large number of branches which connected to places such as Portsmouth and Reading, and some joint railway operations with others — including the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Following the grouping in 1923, the L&SWR lines became part of the Southern Railway. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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Among the most significant achievements of the L&SWR were the electrification of suburban lines, the introduction of power signalling, the development of Southampton Docks, the rebuilding of Waterloo Station as one of the great stations of the world and the handling of the massive traffic involved in the First World War. By the 20th century its services were exemplary. The major locomotive classes of the L&SWR's last engineer, Robert Urie, were continued and further developed by his successor on the Southern Railwary, Richard Maunsell. Its General Manager Sir Herbert Ashcombe Walker became the Manager of the Southern Railway and Walker himself was succeeded in the latter post by Major Gilbert Szlumper, formerly his assistant on the L&SWR. Souhampton Docks are the docks in Southampton. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Robert Wallace Urie (22 October 1854 - 6 January 1937) was a Scottish locomotive engineer who was the last chief mechanical engineer of the London and South Western Railway following the retirement of Peter Drummond in 1913 until his own retirement at the grouping of 1923. ... Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell (26 May 1868 -7 March 1944) held the post of Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway in the United Kingdom from the time of the 1923 Grouping until 1937. ... Sir Herbert Ashcombe Walker (1868-1945) was general manager of the Southern Railway from 1923 until 1937. ...

Origins

The initial proposal for the railway came from Robert Johnson and Abel Ros Dottin M.P. for Southampton. The prospectus was published on 23 October 1830 in the Hampshire Advertiser. A public meeting gave unanimous support to the proposals in February 1831 and the railway was promoted as the Southampton, London and Branch Railway and Dock Company, with capital of £1.5M in shares of £20. October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

At the time Southampton was economically moribund, though regarded as of some strategic importance. After Napoleon's defeat in 1815 various canal schemes had been proposed to link Southampton to London to create a continuous inland waterway safe from attack. Of the many schemes only the Wey and Arun Canal 1816 and the Portsmouth and Arundel Canal 1823 were constructed. The London & Southampton's proposers clearly saw both a strategic benefit in connecting Southampton to London but in particular an economic benefit in connecting Southampton to Bristol and thence to the industrial heartland of Northern England. They considered the railway and docks to be 'intimately connected and of ... paramount importance to each other'. Southampton is a city, unitary authority and major port situated on the south coast of England. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... The Wey and Arun Canal runs 23 miles through 26 locks from the River Wey at Shalford to the River Arun at Pallingham. ... The Portsmouth and Arundel Canal is a canal in the south of England. ...

The proposed route was surveyed by Francis Giles. Giles surveyed two routes, the first from Nine Elms via Wandsworth, Kingston, Guildford, Farnham, Alresford, and Winchester, through prosperous agricultural land and the second, that later built, via Basingstoke through a far fewer number of settlements crossing the unproductive Surrey and Hampshire Heaths. It is clear that the latter route was chosen as the company envisaged that a branch was to run to Bristol via Hungerford, Devizes, and Bath). Francis Giles 1787 - 1847 Bibliography Engineer and surveyor who worked under John Rennie Surveyed the Bull Wall, RIVER IVEL NAVIGATION Reference: Engineers on Easynet Bull Wall RIVER IVEL NAVIGATION Categories: Engineer stubs ... Wandsworth is a town on the south bank of the River Thames in south-west London. ... Kingston upon Thames, part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is an ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned, and is now a lively suburb of London. ... Not to be confused with Guilford. ... Castle Street Farnham is a small town in Surrey, England. ... Location within the British Isles Broad Street, Alresford New Alresford or simply Alresford (pronounced Allsford) is a small town in Hampshire, England. ... Winchester is a historic city in southern England, with a population of around 40,000 within a 3 mile radius of its centre. ... Basingstoke railway station, as seen from Alençon Link. ... Not to be confused with Surry. ... Hampshire, sometimes historically Southamptonshire or Hamptonshire, (abbr. ... View from Cumberland Basin of the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Avon Gorge Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London. ... Hungerford is a market town by the River Kennet in the English county of Berkshire. ... Arms of Devizes Devizes is a town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. ... Bath is a city in South West England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ...

Little support was forthcoming for the branch from the entrepreneurs of Bristol and Bath. The promoters decided to get powers for the Southampton line before presenting a Bristol Bill, encouraging the launch of the independent Great Western Railway. The railway was re-promoted as the London and Southampton Railway and authorised by Act of Parliament on 25 July 1834. The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... An Act of Parliament or Act is law enacted by the parliament (see legislation). ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

The Bill for the proposed railway reached parliament in the 1834 session. The Lords committee was presided over by the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Radnor and Charles Fowler, architect of Covent Garden. Engineering evidence for the proposal was given by George and Robert Stephenson amongst others and against by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Joseph Locke. The Bill was supported by the naval authorities and shipping interests and received relatively little opposition. The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as the Lords. The Sovereign, the House of Commons (which is the lower house of Parliament and referred to as the Commons), and the Lords together comprise the Parliament. ... The title of Earl of Malmesbury was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1800. ... Earl of Radnor is a title which has been created several times, first in the Peerage of England in 1679 for Lord Robartes, a notable political figure of the reign of Charles II, and then in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1765. ... Charles Fowler (May 17, 1792 - September 26, 1867), English architect, was born at Cullompton, Devon. ... Covent Garden is a district in central London and within the easterly bounds of the City of Westminster. ... Brunel before the launching of the Great Eastern. ... Joseph Locke, railway engineer Joseph Locke (9 August 1805- 18 September 1860) was a notable British civil engineer of the 19th century, particularly associated with railway projects. ...

Construction

Construction started in September 1834 with Giles appointed engineer. Giles' method was to employ a number of small contractors working concurrently at various places on the line. It rapidly became apparent that the approach was fundamentally flawed. Contractors completed the easy sections and stopped work, asking for more money, on the more difficult parts. Progress was seriously delayed and costs escalated from £894k to an estimated £1.5M. In 1837 a second Act had to be sought to raise further capital. Shares slumped and as the result of an examination of the accounts, instigated by a prominent group of Lancashire shareholders, Giles was dismissed and replaced by Joseph Locke. Locke dismissed many of the small contractors replacing them with Thomas Brassey. Work progressed rapidly from then on. Joseph Locke, railway engineer Joseph Locke (9 August 1805- 18 September 1860) was a notable British civil engineer of the 19th century, particularly associated with railway projects. ... Thomas Brassey (1805-1870) was an English railway contractor, born in Cheshire. ...

The first section to be opened was from Nine Elms to Woking (then named Woking Common) on 21 May 1838. On that date the company changed its name to L&SWR. Nine Elms is a district of London, situated in the far north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Wandsworth between Battersea and Vauxhall. ... Woking is a large town and local government district with borough status in the west of Surrey in South East England. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

The remainder of the main line followed:

• Woking to Winchfield (Shapley Heath): 24 September 1838
• Winchester to Southampton: 10 June 1839
• Winchfield to Basingstoke: 10 June 1839
• Basingstoke to Winchester: 11 May 1840. This last section was the most difficult on the route with an initial climb to Litchfield Tunnel and a ten-mile down-grade to Winchester.

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Waterloo Station

The company's first London terminus was at Nine Elms built on low marshy ground , studded with windmills and pollard trees, now in the suburban parish of Battersea. The terminus building was designed by Sir William Tite. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Nine Elms is a district of London, situated in the far north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Wandsworth between Battersea and Vauxhall. ... Battersea is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth. ... William Tite (1798-1873) was a British architect. ...

On 11 July 1848 the line was extended through a new Vauxhall station to a new metropolitan terminus at Waterloo, originally named Waterloo Bridge. The original terminus at Nine Elms took on the role of works, locomotive depot, and goods depot. Today it is the site of New Covent Garden Market. July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...     Categories: Victoria Line stations | London Underground stubs | London railway stations | British railway stations ... London Waterloo railway station is a major railway station and transport interchange complex in London, England. ... New Covent Garden Market is a wholesale fruit, vegetable and flower market located in the Nine Elms area of Vauxhall, South West London. ...

Southampton

Southampton Terminus opened in 1840, replacing a temporary terminus at Northam Road. The classical building of 1840 was designed by Sir William Tite and remained in use until 1966. It survives and has recently been restored with the main building in use as a casino. Southampton Terminus station today Southampton Terminus was a railway station which used to serve the docks of Southampton, England. ... William Tite (1798-1873) was a British architect. ...

The Gauge Wars between LSWR and GWR

Bristol

In July 1832 the London and Southampton Railway's promoters decided to seek powers for the Southampton line alone and to delay presenting the Bristol Bill. Bristol citizens launched a separate proposal for a Great Western Railway(GWR) linking Bristol to London. A bill for two lines at either end connected temporarily by a canal was put forward in 1834, but was rejected by the Lords. The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ...

As a consequence the S & D promoters were stirred into action, proposing a Basing and Bath (B & B) line in July 1834. Considerable argument broke out between the two camps, with S & D supporters criticising the GWR for proposing a direct line to London rather than a junction with the L & S and GWR supporters blaming the L & S for the failure of the GWR Bill.

The Basing and Bath prospectus of 1835 proposed a 106 mile line via Newbury, Devizes, Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon, and Bath with a westward extension to Frome, Taunton, and eventually further west. The opposing GWR was to go through Slough, Maidenhead, Reading, Swindon, Chippenham, and Bath. The revised GWR Bill of 1835 included branches to Bradford on Avon and Chippenham. The Commons accepted it against the Basing and Bath primarily on the grounds of its easier gradients. Newbury is the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in the United Kingdom. ... Arms of Devizes Devizes is a town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. ... Location within the British Isles Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England. ... The Town Bridge over the river Avon. ... Bath is a city in South West England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ... Frome (pronounced ) is a medium-sized town in Somerset, England, near the Mendip Hills. ... Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. ... For slough as a type of aquatic feature, see Slough (wetland). ... Statistics Population: 58,848 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU889811 Administration District: Windsor and Maidenhead Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Berkshire Historic county: Berkshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Ambulance service: South Central Post office and telephone Post town: MAIDENHEAD... Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ... For other places with the same name, see Swindon (disambiguation). ... Chippenham is a market town in Wiltshire, England, located at grid reference ST919733, some 21 km (13 miles) east of Bath and 163 km (96 miles) west of London. ...

B & B suporters wrote to the GWR chairman offering to give up their line if the GWR would adopt the B & S's route and make a junction with the L & S at Basing. Before the GWR directors could consider the option the B & B circulated a letter to GWR shareholders and members of the Lords encouraging rejection of the GWR Bill. On 31 August 1835 the GWR Bill was approved. August 31 is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

It was to be another 2 years before the next skirmish of the Gauge War with the GWR, as the parties concentrated on building their parallel lines, the GWR, to Brunel's 7ft ¼ in broad gauge, opened throughout on 30 June 1841 and the L & S, to 4ft 8½ in standard gauge, opened on 11 May 1840. The dominant rail gauge in each country shown Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. ... Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives awaiting scrapping in 1892 after the conversion to standard gauge. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Newbury

Newbury's prosperity declined markedly once the L & S and GWR opened. The residents of the town approached the L & S in the summer of 1843 proposing a branch from Basing. The L & S Chairman, William James Chaplin, initially considered Newbury to be within GWR territory, but on finding that a number of significant landowners including Lord Caernavon, Lord Craven and the Duke of Wellington were intersted in the proposal, backed a scheme for a Basingstoke, London and Southampton Railway, essentially a 16 mile branch from Basing to Newbury. The Commons approved the bill in 1844 and rejected a GWR bill for a Pangbourne to Newbury branch. However the bill was rejected by the Lords. Henry John George Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon (London, June 8, 1800—Pusey, December 10, 1849) was a English writer, traveller and politician, the father of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, and Auberon Herbert. ... Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. ...

The GWR then approached Chaplin to suggest a mixed-gauge line from Basing to the GWR line between Pangbourne and Reading with a 11 mile branch to Newbury.

Portsmouth

In 1836 the promoters of the L & S proposed a branch from Bishopstoke (Eastleigh) to Portsmouth, the Portsmouth Junction Railway. However the population of Portsmouth wanted a direct line to London rather than a branch from a mainline to Southampton. Their opposition resulted in the defeat of the Bill at its second reading. This article is about the town in Hampshire. ... For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ...

In January 1838 a direct independent line was proposed to London, through Chichester, Arundel and Dorking. The promoters approached the L & S, but they were rejected with a degree of vindictiveness. The L & S was already planning a line to Gosport on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour. The L & S's Act succeeded on 4 June 1839. As a concession to Portsmouth the L & S changed its name to the London and South Western Railway. Statistics Population: 25,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU865045 Administration District: Chichester Shire county: West Sussex Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Sussex Historic county: Sussex Services Police force: Sussex Police Fire and rescue: West Sussex Ambulance: South East Coast... This article is about the town in England. ... Dorking is a market town at the foot of the North Downs approximately 25 miles south of London, in Surrey in England. ... Gosport is a town and district in Hampshire with around 77,000 inhabitants (including Lee-on-the-Solent), situated on the south coast of England. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Expansion

Portsmouth

Dorchester

Exeter

West of Exeter

The Exeter and Crediton Railway (opened on 12 May 1851), and the North Devon Railway (opened on 1 August 1854) were leased to the London and South Western Railway from 1862/1863 and then bought out in 1865. Crediton railway station. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... // Originally promoted as the Taw Vale Railway, the North Devon Railway was a broad gauge railway that linked Crediton with Barnstaple, Devon, England. ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

London

20th century innovation

Rebuilding Waterloo

Engineering

Electrification

The L&SWR adopted third rail electrification of its suburban routes during the First World War. This subsequently became the standard for the entire Southern Railway, almost certainly because of the influence of Sir Herbert Walker, who had come from the London and North Western Railway to be General Manager of the L&SWR in 1912; in 1914 he had also been appointed as Chairman of the wartime Railway Executive Committee. Third rail at the West Falls Church Metro stop in Washington, D.C., electrified to 750 volts. ... // Railway electrification in Great Britain describes the various electrification systems that are used, or have been used, for supplying traction current to the railways and tramways of Great Britain. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom was the smallest of the four railway systems created in the Grouping ordered by the Railways Act 1921. ... Sir Herbert Ashcombe Walker (1868-1945) was general manager of the Southern Railway from 1923 until 1937. ... The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. ...

Southampton Docks

Eastleigh Engineering Works

In 1891, the works at Eastleigh, in Hampshire, were opened with the transfer of the carriage and waggon works from Nine Elms in London. The Locomotive Works were transferred from Nine Elms under Drummond, opening in 1909. Eastleigh Railway Works was in the town of Eastleigh in the county of Hampshire in England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Main line

The stations on the main route (with dates of opening if not original L&SWR) are:

• Vauxhall
• Queenstown Road (Battersea), opened 1 November 1877 as Queens Road
• Clapham Junction
• Earlsfield, opened in 1884
• Wimbledon
• Raynes Park, opened in 1871
• Malden: after several renamings now called New Malden, opened in 1846
• Berrylands, opened 16 October 1933 to serve new suburban traffic
• Surbiton (originally Kingston)
• Esher
• Hersham, opened in 1936
• Walton-on-Thames
• Weybridge
• West Weybridge railway station, renamed as Byfleet & New Haw
• Byfleet — reopened in 1927 as West Byfleet
• Woking
• Brookwood, opened in 1864
• Farnborough
• Fleet: originally opened as Fleet Pond in 1847
• Winchfield
• Hook, opened in 1883
• Basingstoke
• Micheldever: originally Andover Road, opened in 1840
• Winchester
• Shawford: was Shawford & Twyford, opened in 1882
• Eastleigh: originally Bishopstoke
• Southampton Airport (Parkway): originally opening as the Atlantic Park Hostel Halt in 1929
• Swaythling, opened in 1883
• St Denys, opened in 1861
• Southampton Central

    Categories: Victoria Line stations | London Underground stubs | London railway stations | British railway stations ... Queenstown Road is a railway station in Battersea, South London, between Vauxhall and Clapham Junction. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Clapham Junction is a railway station located in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. ... Earlsfield railway station is in the London Borough of Wandsworth in south London. ... Wimbledon station is a National Rail, London Underground, and Tramlink station located in Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. ... Raynes Park railway station is in the London Borough of Merton in South London. ... New Malden railway station is in the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South London. ... Berrylands railway station is operated by South West Trains and provides easy access to the City of London. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Surbiton railway station is in the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South London. ... Esher railway station is served by the Waterloo via Surbiton railway service, operated by South West Trains. ... Hersham railway station is served by the Waterloo via Surbiton railway service and operated by South West Trains. ... (more detail about station and services needed) External links Train times for Walton-on-Thames railway station from National Rail Street map and aerial photo of Walton-on-Thames railway station from Multimap. ... Weybridge railway station serves the town of that name. ... Byfleet and New Haw railway station is served by the Waterloo via Weybridge railway service, operated by South West Trains. ... West Byfleet railway station is served by the Alton Line and Waterloo/Woking via Weybridge service, operated by South West Trains. ... Woking railway station is a railway station in England, serving the town of Woking, Surrey. ... Brookwood Railway Station was constructed to serve the adjacent cemetery and was at one stage served by its own station at London for the funeral trains. ... Farnborough station serves the town of Farnborough in Hampshire - there are two platforms on the outer pair of tracks while the centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by fast services between London, the South Coast and the Westcountry. ... Fleet station serves the town of Fleet in Hampshire - there are two platforms on the outer pair of tracks while the centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by fast services between London, the South Coast and the Westcountry. ... Fleet Pond is a nature reserve in Fleet, Hampshire, UK. It covers an area of approx. ... Winchfield station serves the town of Winchfield, Hartley Wintney and other surrounding villages in Hampshire - there are two platforms on the outer pair of tracks while the centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by fast services between London, the South Coast and the Westcountry. ... Hook station serves the town of Hook and other surrounding villages in Hampshire - there are two platforms on the outer pair of tracks while the centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by fast services between London, the South Coast and the Westcountry. ... Basingstoke railway station is a railway station in the town of Basingstoke in the county of Hampshire in England. ... Micheldever railway station serves the village of Micheldever and surrounding area in Hampshire, England. ... Winchester railway station is a railway station located in Winchester in the county of Hampshire in England. ... Shawford railway station serves the villages of Twyford, Compton and Shawford in Hampshire, England. ... Eastleigh railway station is a railway station located in Eastleigh in the county of Hampshire in England. ... Bishopstoke is a village and civil parish in the borough of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. ... Southampton Airport (Parkway) railway station is a railway station located in Eastleigh in the county of Hampshire in England. ... Swaythling railway station is a railway station in the northern edge of Southampton in Hampshire, England. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... a free shuttle service linking the station to the city centre and town quay Southampton Central is a mainline railway station serving the city of Southampton in Hampshire, southern England. ...

Other principal lines

Reading and Portsmouth lines

In addition to the original main line, the L&SWR had the following routes:

• Waterloo to Wokingham (for Reading):
  • Richmond Railway opened from Clapham Junction to Richmond on 27 July 1846
  • Windsor, Staines & South Western Railway opened from Richmond via Staines to Datchet on 22 August 1848; to Windsor on 1 December 1849
  • Staines — Ascot opened on 4 June 1856
  • Ascot — Wokingham opened on 4 July 1856
  • from here to Reading the line was South Eastern Railway property

There were also many suburban lines in this area, including the Hounslow loop line; the Twickenham/Kingston upon Thames/Shepperton routes; and the Raynes Park to Epsom and Chessington South. Richmond is a suburb and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south west London, England. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Staines is a Thames-side town in the Spelthorne borough of Surrey and part of the London Commuter Belt of South East England. ... Datchet is a quintessential English village on the banks of the River Thames, situated in the unitary authority of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Windsor (IPA: usually , but also ) is a suburban town and tourist destination in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Statistics Population: Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU925685 Administration District: Windsor and Maidenhead Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Berkshire Historic county: Berkshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South Central Post office and telephone Post town: ASCOT... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Statistics Population: 30,403 (Parish, 2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU804685 Administration Parish: Wokingham Unitary authority: Wokingham Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Berkshire Historic county: Berkshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Police Ambulance service: South Central Post office and telephone... For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ... The London and Greenwich Railway (LGR), together with the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway (CWR) in East Kent were the earliest railways to serve the then county of Kent: eventually both became parts of the South Eastern Railway (SER). ... Hounslow is the principal town of the London Borough of Hounslow in West London. ... Twickenham is a suburb in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, south west London. ... Kingston upon Thames, part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is an ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned, and is now a lively suburb of London. ... Map of Shepperton (from OpenStreetMap) Shepperton is a small town in Surrey in the borough of Spelthorne, in England. ... Raynes Park is a primarily residential area within the London Borough of Merton. ... Epsom is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, to the south of Greater London. ... Chessington South railway station is at the southern part of the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames in South London, and is the terminal station of the Chessington Branch. ...

• Woking to Havant (for Portsmouth) via Guildford - The Portsmouth Direct Line
  • Guildford Junction Railway opened on 5 May 1845
  • Guildford — Godalming opened on 15 October 1849
  • Godalming — Havant opened on 1 January 1859
  • Bisley Camp branch (for rifle range) closed in 1952

• The Alton line
  • Brookwood — Farnham via Aldershot — Alton opened on 2 May 1870
  • Alton to Fareham (the Meon Valley line)opened in 1903
  • Here was the Brookwood Necropolis Cemetery line
  • Alton to Winchester line.
  • The L&SWR in associated with the War Department built the Bentley and Bordon Light Railway to Bordon Camp, which connected with the Longmoor Military Railway. Both closed early in mid 20th century.
• Southampton to Bournemouth and Weymouth
  • Southampton & Dorchester Railway line opened (via Brockenhurst and Ringwood) on 1 June 1847
  • Ringwood — Christchurch opened on 13 November 1862
  • Brockenhurst — Bournemouth East opened on 14 March 1870
  • Poole — Bourneworth West station opened on 18 June 1874: link to Bournemouth Central completed on 20 July 1885

There is also the Lymington branch, opened by the Lymington Railway on 12 July 1858. See Lymington Flyer Havant is a town and district in Hampshire on the South coast of England, between Portsmouth and Chichester. ... Not to be confused with Guilford. ... The Portsmouth Direct Line is a service operated by South West Trains between runs from London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (126th in leap years). ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Not to be confused with Guilford. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Alton Line is a line of railway stations in the south of England, stretching from Alton to Ash Vale, served by South West Trains passenger services. ... Brookwood can refer to: Brookwood, Alabama, a place in the US Brookwood Cemetery, a place in England This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Castle Street Farnham is a small town in Surrey, England. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Statistics Population: 16,584 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU716394 Administration District: East Hampshire Shire county: Hampshire Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Hampshire Historic county: Hampshire Services Police force: Hampshire Constabulary Ambulance: South Central Post office and telephone Post town: GUILDFORD... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... World War I Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial, within the ground of Brookwood Cemetery Brookwood Cemetery is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England. ... Statistics Population: 16,584 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU716394 Administration District: East Hampshire Shire county: Hampshire Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Hampshire Historic county: Hampshire Services Police force: Hampshire Constabulary Ambulance: South Central Post office and telephone Post town: GUILDFORD... The War Department was the United Kingdom government department responsible for the supply of equipment to the armed forces of the United Kingdom and the pursuance of military activity. ... The Bentley and Bordon Light Railway was constructed in 1905 under an 1896 Light Railways Act. ... Bordon (also known as Bordon and Whitehill if the adjoining village to the south is included) is a small town in East Hampshire, about 10 miles north of Petersfield along the A325 (the Greatham-Farnham road), in south England. ... The Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) was a British railway in Hampshire built by the Royal Engineers in order to train on railway operations on it. ... Bournemouth is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ... Weymouth is a town in Dorset, England, situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey on the English Channel coast. ... Brockenhurst is a village situated in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. ... Location within the British Isles Ringwood is a town in Hampshire, England, on the River Avon, to the west of the New Forest and north of Bournemouth. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Christchurch is a town in Dorset, England on the English Channel coast. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Bournemouth is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ... For the Lebanese political coalition, see March 14 Alliance. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Poole is a coastal town, port and tourist destination, situated on the shores of the English Channel, in the ceremonial county of Dorset in southern England. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Cobbled streets in Lymington town centre. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Lymington Flyer is the name given to rail service operated over the branch line from Brockenhurst to Lymington. ...

Route to the south-west

• Basingstoke to Exeter
  • Basingstoke to Salisbury
    • Basingstoke to Andover opened 3 July 1854
    • Andover to Salisbury opened 1 May 1857
    • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway opened June 1901, closed all traffic 30 May 1936
  • Between Basingstoke and Salisbury on the main line were:
    • Two links between Hurstbourne and Andover through Romsey to Eastleigh and Southampton: both closed. Link via Longparish opened 1 June 1885; closed all traffic 6 July 1931.
    • At Andover was the junction with the Midland and South Western Junction Railway
    • The Bulford Camp branch
    • Salisbury to Romsey; and to Bournemouth
    • In Salisbury the Great Western Railway (GWR) line from Westbury and Bristol had its own terminus: the L&SWR continued the route southwestwards towards Southampton. This route today is the Wessex Main Line route.
  • Salisbury — Yeovil opened 2 May 1859
  • Yeovil — Exeter opened 19 July 1860
  • Between Salisbury and Exeter on the main line; the sections were opened as follows:
    • branch to Yeovil Town joint station with the GWR
    • branch to Chard joint station with the GWR
    • branch to Lyme Regis from Axminster
    • branch to Sidmouth from Sidmouth Junction (also alternative route to Exmouth
    • branch to Exmouth from Exmouth Junction near Exeter
    • L&SWR station: Exmouth (Queen Street): here was a short section through GWR Exeter (St Davids) to Cowley Bridge Junction
• Exeter to Plymouth

The L&SWR main line continued, serving the following places: The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in the southwest of England, also known as the Westcountry. ... Statistics Population: 52,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU3645 Administration District: Test Valley Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Hampshire Historic county: Hampshire Services Police force: Hampshire Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South Central Post office and telephone Post town... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Salisbury (IPA: , or — moving from RP to local dialect) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway was a railway in Hampshire, UK first opened on 1 June 1909, enabled by an Order of the Light Railway Commission under the Light Railways Act of 1897. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hurstbourne is a city located in Jefferson County, Kentucky. ... Romsey is a small market town, in the county of Hampshire, England. ... Longparish is a small village in Hampshire, England. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... The Midland and South Western Junction Railway (MSWJR) was, until the 1923 Grouping, a wholly independent railway built to form a link between the Midland (MidR) and London and South Western Railways (LSWR) allowing MidR and Great Western Railway (GWR) trains, inter alia, to reach the port of Southampton. ... Bulford is a village and civil parish in the Salisbury of Wiltshire, England, close to Salisbury Plain. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... Westbury is a town and civil parish (population 11,135 in the 2001 census) in the west of the English county of Wiltshire. ... View from Cumberland Basin of the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Avon Gorge Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London. ... The Wessex Main Line is the railway line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton. ... Yeovil is a town in south Somerset, England, on the A30 and A37. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in the southwest of England, also known as the Westcountry. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Yeovil is a town in south Somerset, England, on the A30 and A37. ... Map sources for Chard at grid reference ST3208 Chard is a town in the county of Somerset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Devon border, 15 miles south west of Yeovil. ... Lyme Regis (IPA: ) is a coastal town in West Dorset, England, situated 25 miles west of Dorchester and 25 miles east of Exeter. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of Axminster Town Council Axminster is a small market town on the eastern border of Devon, England. ... Location within the British Isles Sidmouth Arms of Sidmouth Town Council Sidmouth is a small town of 14,400 on the east Devon coast in south west England about 15 miles south east of Exeter. ... Map sources for Exmouth at grid reference SY004809 Exmouth is a town in Devon, England, at the east side of the mouth of the River Exe. ... Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the world...

• Newton St Cyres
• Crediton
• Yeoford Junction beyond was Coleford Junction and the branch railway to Barnstaple and Ilfracombe. From Barnstaple Junction station was the branch to Bideford and Torrington (closed)

Beyond Coleford Junction all lines, except that to Barnstaple, are now closed. They served, among other places: Newton St Cyres railway station is a railway station serving the village of Newton St. ... Crediton (Credington, Cryditon, Kirton) is a town in Devon, England about 12 km north west of Exeter, with a population of about 6,500. ... Yeoford railway station is a rural station on the Tarka Line in Devon serving the village of Yeoford. ... Statistics Population: 34,000 (April 2006 Est. ... Location within the British Isles Ilfracombe is a seaside resort on the north coast of Devon, England with a small harbour, surrounded by cliffs. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of Bideford Town Council Bideford is a small port town on the northern coast of the county of Devon in south-west England. ... The old Town Hall (now the town museum) in the centre of Great Torrington. ...

• Okehampton
• The branch to Bude
• Launceston
• Padstow
• and the Tamar valley line to Plymouth. The southern section is now operated as the Tamar Valley Line to Gunnislake

Okehampton is a town in Devon, England, at the northern edge of Dartmoor, on the River Okement. ... For the French humanist jurist, see Guillaume Budé. Bude (Cornish: Bud) is a small resort town in north Cornwall, England, UK, on the coast at the mouth of the River Neet. ... Disambiguation: for the Australian town, please see Launceston, Tasmania Launceston (Cornish: Lannstefan; the English name is pronounced , or , usually without the t by the Cornish, but with by everyone else) is a town and civil parish in the north of Cornwall, England, with a population of approximately 7,000. ... Location within the British Isles Padstow (Cornish: Lannwedhenek) is a small town on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, approximately 14 miles east of Newquay, at the mouth of the River Camel (Grid reference SW919754). ... Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the world... The Tamar Valley Line is a railway line from Devonport in Plymouth, to Gunnislake near Tavistock in Devon, England. ... Gunnislake (or Lynngonna, its Cornish name) is the first village in Cornwall. ...

Locomotive engineers

Adams radial locomotive No. 563 built in 1893

The LSWR was blessed throughout much of its history by distinguished and highly capable locomotive engineers. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 1. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

John Viret Gooch 1841 - 1850 John Viret Gooch was the chief mechanical engineer of the London and South Western Railway from 1841 to 1850. ...

Joseph Hamilton Beattie 1850 - 1871 Joseph Hamilton Beattie (1808-1871), locomotve engineer London and South Western Railway. ...

William George Beattie 1871 - 1877

William Adams 1877 - 1895 People called William Adams include: William Adams (1564-1620), English sailor and visitor to Japan. ...

Dugald Drummond 1895 -1912 Dugald Drummond (1 January 1840 -8 November 1912) was a Scottish locomotive engineer. ...

Robert Urie 1912-1923 Robert Wallace Urie (22 October 1854 - 6 January 1937) was a Scottish locomotive engineer who was the last chief mechanical engineer of the London and South Western Railway following the retirement of Peter Drummond in 1913 until his own retirement at the grouping of 1923. ...

• List of locomotives

The Southern Railway took a key role in expanding the 660 V DC third rail electrified network begun by the London & South Western Railway. ...

Liveries

John Viret Gooch John Viret Gooch was the chief mechanical engineer of the London and South Western Railway from 1841 to 1850. ...

Little information is availab le although from 1844 dark green with red and white lining, black wheels and red buffer beams seems to have become standard.

Joseph Hamilton Beattie 1850 - 1866 Joseph Hamilton Beattie (1808-1871), locomotve engineer London and South Western Railway. ...

Passenger classes - Indian red with black panelling inside white. Driving splashers and cylinders lined white. Black wheels, smokebox and chimney. Vermillion buffer beams and buff footplate interior.

Goods classes - unlined Indian red. Older engines painted black until 1859.

1866 - 72

All engines dark chocolate brown with 1in black bands edged internally in white and externally by vermillion. Tender sides divided into 3 panels.

William George Beattie

Paler chocolate known as purple brown with the same lining. From 1874 the white lining was replaced by yellow ochore and the vermillion by crimson.

William Adams People called William Adams include: William Adams (1564-1620), English sailor and visitor to Japan. ...

1878 - 85

Umber brown with a 3in black band externally and bright green line internally. Boiler bands black with white edging. Buffer beams vermillion. Smokebox, chimney, frames etc black.

1885 - 1895

Passenger classes - Pea green with black borders edged with a fine white line. Boiler bands black with a fine white line to either side.

Goods classes - holly green with black borders edged by a fine bright green line.

Dugald Drummond Dugald Drummond (1 January 1840 -8 November 1912) was a Scottish locomotive engineer. ...

Passenger classes - royal green lined in chocolate, tiple lined in white, black and white. Bolier bands black lined in white with 3 in tan stripes to either side. Outside cylinders with black borders and white lining. Smokebox, chimney, exterior frames, tops of splashers, platform etc black. Inside of the main frames tan. Buffer beams vermillion and cab interios grained oine.

Goods classes - holly green edged in black and lined in light green. Bolier band black edged in light green.

Robert Urie Robert Wallace Urie (22 October 1854 - 6 January 1937) was a Scottish locomotive engineer who was the last chief mechanical engineer of the London and South Western Railway following the retirement of Peter Drummond in 1913 until his own retirement at the grouping of 1923. ...

1914 - 1917

Passenger classes - olive green with Drummond lining.

Goods classes holly green with black edging and white lining.

1917 - 1923

Passenger classes - olive green with a black border and white edging.

Goods classes - holly green often without lining until 1918.

Locomotive works

The locomotive works were at Nine Elms from 1838 to 1895. Under Drummond they were moved to a new spacious site at Eastleigh in 1909. Nine Elms is a district of London, situated in the far north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Wandsworth between Battersea and Vauxhall. ... Eastleigh rail yard in 1984. ...

Train services

In 1907 the LSWR commenced running the North Cornwall and Bude Express. The Southern Railway was later to rename it as the Atlantic Coast Express in July 1926. It was the 11am train from London, and it continued to run until 1964. The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom was the smallest of the four railway systems created in the Grouping ordered by the Railways Act 1921. ...

Other details

• the longest tunnel is Honiton Tunnel 1353 yards (1218 m); there were six others longer than 500 yd (450 m)
• the Waterloo and City Railway became part of the L&SWR
• the L&SWR and the Midland Railway were joint owners of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
• The anglicised script version of the Russian word for railway station is 'vokzal'. A longstanding legend has it that a party from Russia planning their own railway system arrived in London around the time that the L&SWR's Vauxhall station was opened . They saw the station nameboards, thought the word was the English word for railway station and took it back home. In fact, the first Russian railway station was built on the site of pleasure gardens based on those at Vauxhall — nothing to do with the English railway station. [Fuller details are in the Vauxhall article]

The Waterloo & City Line is a short underground metro line in London, formally opened on 11 July 1898. ... The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922. ... The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) was an English railway company jointly owned by the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway. ... Vauxhall is an inner city area of south London in the London Borough of Lambeth. ...

See also

• List of early British railway companies
• South Western Main Line
• West of England Main Line

The following list sets out to show all the railway companies set up by Acts of Parliament in the 19th century until the late 1850s. ... The South Western Main Line is the railway line from London Waterloo to Weymouth on the Dorset coast. ... The West of England Main Line is the British railway line from London Waterloo to Exeter. ...

References

• Dendy-Marshall, C. F. (1968) A history of the Southern Railway , Kidner,R.W. (ed.), new ed., London: Allen, ISBN 0-7110-0059-X
• Hamilton E.C. (1956) The South Western Railway: its mechanical history and background, 1838-1922, George Allen & Unwin, 256 p.
• Nock, O. S. (1971) The London & South Western Railway, Ian Allen, ISBN 0-7110-0267-3
• Williams, R. A. (1968) The London & South Western Railway, v. 1: The formative years, and v. 2: Growth and consolidation, David and Charles, ISBN 0-7153-4188-X; ISBN 0-7153-5940-1

External links

• South Western Circle