The South Western Main Line is the railway line from London Waterloo to Weymouth on the Dorset coast. Facade of Waterloo Station, London Waterloo is a major train station and transport interchange located in the Waterloo district of London, which was itself named after the Battle of Waterloo in which Napoleon was defeated near Brussels. ... Weymouth Promenade in 1993 Weymouth is a coastal town in Dorset, England. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ...

The main towns served by the route, starting from London, are:

• London Waterloo
• Clapham Junction
• Woking
• Brookwood
  • Connections with Alton Line to Aldershot, Farnham and Alton
• Farnborough
• Fleet
• Basingstoke
• Micheldever
• Winchester
• Eastleigh
• Southampton Airport
• Southampton
  • Connections with West Coastway Line to Portsmouth, Chichester and Brighton
  • Connections with Wessex Main Line to Salisbury, Westbury, Bath and Bristol
• Beaulieu
• Brockenhurst
  • Connections with branch line to Lymington for ferry to the Isle of Wight
• Christchurch
• Bournemouth
• Poole
• Wareham
• Wool
• Dorchester
• Weymouth

Many sections of the line are relatively high-speed, with large stretches cleared for 100mph. The line was electrified to Bournemouth in 1967, using the 750V DC third-rail system. Electrification as far as Weymouth was completed in 1988, to coincide with the introduction of the new Class 442 'Wessex Electric' trains. Facade of Waterloo Station, London Waterloo is a major train station and transport interchange located in the Waterloo district of London, which was itself named after the Battle of Waterloo in which Napoleon was defeated near Brussels. ... The railway junction at Clapham Junction, facing east The footbridge over the fan of tracks leading to sheds and sidings Details of roof support columns at Clapham Junction railway station Electronic Information board on a Clapham Junction platform Clapham Junction railway stations platforms 2 to 10 at night The... Woking is a large town in the west of Surrey, England, about 30 minutes by train from London. ... Brookwood is a town in Surrey, located about 5 km west of Woking. ... 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. ... Map sources for Aldershot at grid reference SU8650 Aldershot is a town in the English county of Hampshire, on a moorland 55 km (35 miles) southwest of London, and is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. ... Farnham is the name of more than one place in the United Kingdom: Farnham, Dorset Farnham, Essex Farnham, North Yorkshire Farnham, Suffolk Farnham, Surrey Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire Farnham is also a place name used in the United States of America: Farnham, New York This is a disambiguation... Location within the British Isles. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of the former Farnborough Urban District Council Farnborough is a town in the county of Hampshire in the south of England. ... Location within the British Isles Fleet is a town in the English county of Hampshire, located about 40 miles southwest of London. ... Location within the British Isles View from Basingstoke railway station forecourt; the chrome yellow buildings stand on the site of older office buildings that have been demolished to build apartments. ... Winchester Cathedral as seen from Cathedral Close Winchester is a city in southern England, and the administrative capital of the county of Hampshire, with a population of around 35,200. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Southampton Airport is the 20th largest airport in the UK, located in Eastleigh near Southampton. ... Civic Centre, Southampton Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ... The West Coastway Line is a railway line from Brighton to Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Chichester, Portsmouth and Southampton. ... This article is about the English city of Portsmouth. ... Chichester Cross, in a circa 1831 illustration. ... Brighton on the southern Sussex coast is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ... The Wessex Main Line is the railway line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton. ... Salisbury Cathedral by Constable. ... Westbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the English county of Wiltshire. ... Bath - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Bristol is an English city and county and one of the two administrative centres of South West England (the other being Plymouth). ... Beaulieu is a small village located on the south eastern edge of the New Forest national park in Hampshire, England. ... Brockenhurst is a village in Hampshire in the New Forest in England. ... The Lymington Branch Line is the railway line from Brockenhurst to Lymington in the United Kingdom. ... Lymington is a port on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. ... The Isle of Wight is an island off the south coast of England, opposite Southampton popularized from Victorian times as a holiday resort. ... Location within the British Isles Christchurch is a town in the county of Dorset in southern England on the English Channel coast. ... Bournemouth is a seaside resort in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. ... Poole is a coastal town, port and tourist destination in the traditional county of Dorset in southern England. ... This article is about the town in England; you may have been looking for Wareham, Massachusetts . ... Wool is a village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England. ... The main road through Dorchester Dorchester is a market town in south west Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome and A35 road 20 miles west of Poole and five miles north of Weymouth. ... Weymouth Promenade in 1993 Weymouth is a coastal town in Dorset, England. ... Third rail at the West Falls Church Metro stop in the Washington, D.C. area, electrified to 750 volts. ... Class 442, no. ...

The majority of passenger services are currently operated by South West Trains, with an hourly service departing Weymouth on the hour and Waterloo at 35 minutes past the hour; additional trains operate from Wareham to Winchester, stopping at all stations. Virgin Trains services between the Midlands and Bournemouth join the South Western Main Line at Basingstoke. A Class 458 unit at Virginia Water station in April 2004. ... Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ...

See also

London and South Western Railway for the history of the line The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1840 to 1923. ...