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id="toc-Extending_to_Waterloo" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Extending_to_Waterloo"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Extending to Waterloo</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Extending_to_Waterloo-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Development_of_Waterloo_Station" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Development_of_Waterloo_Station"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Development of Waterloo Station</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Development_of_Waterloo_Station-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-London_Necropolis_Company" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#London_Necropolis_Company"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>London Necropolis Company</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-London_Necropolis_Company-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-To_Cannon_Street_over_the_South_Eastern_Railway" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#To_Cannon_Street_over_the_South_Eastern_Railway"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>To Cannon Street over the South Eastern Railway</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-To_Cannon_Street_over_the_South_Eastern_Railway-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-To_Ludgate_Hill_over_the_LC&DR" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#To_Ludgate_Hill_over_the_LC&DR"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>To Ludgate Hill over the LC&DR</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-To_Ludgate_Hill_over_the_LC&DR-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tube_line_to_the_City" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tube_line_to_the_City"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7</span> <span>Tube line to the City</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tube_line_to_the_City-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Portsmouth_and_Alton_routes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Portsmouth_and_Alton_routes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Portsmouth and Alton routes</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Portsmouth_and_Alton_routes-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Portsmouth and Alton routes subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Portsmouth_and_Alton_routes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Portsmouth" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Portsmouth"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Portsmouth</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Portsmouth-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Isle_of_Wight_lines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Isle_of_Wight_lines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Isle of Wight lines</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Isle_of_Wight_lines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Southsea_Railway" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Southsea_Railway"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Southsea Railway</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Southsea_Railway-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Midhurst" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Midhurst"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Midhurst</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Midhurst-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lee_on_Solent" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lee_on_Solent"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Lee on Solent</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lee_on_Solent-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aldershot_and_Alton" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aldershot_and_Alton"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>Aldershot and Alton</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Aldershot_and_Alton-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bentley_and_Bordon_branch_line" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bentley_and_Bordon_branch_line"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.7</span> <span>Bentley and Bordon branch line</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bentley_and_Bordon_branch_line-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Meon_Valley_line" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Meon_Valley_line"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.8</span> <span>Meon Valley line</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Meon_Valley_line-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mid_Hants_Line" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mid_Hants_Line"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.9</span> <span>Mid Hants Line</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mid_Hants_Line-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Basingstoke_and_Alton_Light_Railway" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Basingstoke_and_Alton_Light_Railway"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.10</span> <span>Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Basingstoke_and_Alton_Light_Railway-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bishops_Waltham" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bishops_Waltham"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.11</span> <span>Bishops Waltham</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bishops_Waltham-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-On_to_Dorchester_and_Weymouth" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#On_to_Dorchester_and_Weymouth"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>On to Dorchester and Weymouth</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-On_to_Dorchester_and_Weymouth-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span 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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Christchurch_and_Bournemouth"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Christchurch and Bournemouth</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Christchurch_and_Bournemouth-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lymington" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lymington"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Lymington</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lymington-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Swanage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Swanage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Swanage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Swanage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Portland" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Portland"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>Portland</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Portland-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-West_to_Salisbury_and_Exeter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#West_to_Salisbury_and_Exeter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>West to Salisbury and Exeter</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-West_to_Salisbury_and_Exeter-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle West to Salisbury and Exeter subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-West_to_Salisbury_and_Exeter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Salisbury" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Salisbury"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Salisbury</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Salisbury-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-To_Exeter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#To_Exeter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>To Exeter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-To_Exeter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Branches_between_Basingstoke_and_Exeter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Branches_between_Basingstoke_and_Exeter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Branches between Basingstoke and Exeter</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Branches_between_Basingstoke_and_Exeter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Somerset_and_Dorset_Joint_Railway" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Somerset_and_Dorset_Joint_Railway"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Somerset_and_Dorset_Joint_Railway-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-West_of_Exeter" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#West_of_Exeter"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>West of Exeter</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-West_of_Exeter-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle West of Exeter subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-West_of_Exeter-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Exeter_to_Barnstaple" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Exeter_to_Barnstaple"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Exeter to Barnstaple</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Exeter_to_Barnstaple-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Plymouth" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Plymouth"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Plymouth</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Plymouth-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Ocean_liner_services_and_sleeping_cars" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ocean_liner_services_and_sleeping_cars"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.1</span> <span>Ocean liner services and sleeping cars</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ocean_liner_services_and_sleeping_cars-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Holsworthy_and_Bude" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Holsworthy_and_Bude"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Holsworthy and Bude</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Holsworthy_and_Bude-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-North_Cornwall" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#North_Cornwall"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>North Cornwall</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-North_Cornwall-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Electrification" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Electrification"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Electrification</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Electrification-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Southampton_Docks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Southampton_Docks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Southampton Docks</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Southampton_Docks-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Southampton Docks subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Southampton_Docks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Origins" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Origins"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Origins</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Origins-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Acquisition_by_the_LSWR" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Acquisition_by_the_LSWR"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Acquisition by the LSWR</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Acquisition_by_the_LSWR-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-LSWR_shipping_services" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#LSWR_shipping_services"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>LSWR shipping services</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-LSWR_shipping_services-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Development_under_the_Southern_Railway" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Development_under_the_Southern_Railway"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.4</span> <span>Development under the Southern Railway</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Development_under_the_Southern_Railway-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Railway_activity" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Railway_activity"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.5</span> <span>Railway activity</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Railway_activity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eastleigh_Works" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eastleigh_Works"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Eastleigh Works</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eastleigh_Works-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Notable people subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Locomotive_works" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Locomotive_works"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1</span> <span>Locomotive works</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Locomotive_works-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Locomotive_liveries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Locomotive_liveries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Locomotive liveries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Locomotive_liveries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Accidents_and_incidents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Accidents_and_incidents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>Accidents and incidents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Accidents_and_incidents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Every_boy%27s_book_of_railways_and_steamships_%281911%29_%2814778864773%29.jpg/375px-Every_boy%27s_book_of_railways_and_steamships_%281911%29_%2814778864773%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Every_boy%27s_book_of_railways_and_steamships_%281911%29_%2814778864773%29.jpg/500px-Every_boy%27s_book_of_railways_and_steamships_%281911%29_%2814778864773%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2464" data-file-height="1802" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">LSWR boat train about 1911</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London_Waterloo_station" title="London Waterloo station">London Waterloo station</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locale</th><td class="infobox-data">England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates of operation</th><td class="infobox-data">1840–1922</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London_and_Southampton_Railway" title="London and Southampton Railway">London and Southampton Railway</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(UK)" title="Southern Railway (UK)">Southern Railway</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Technical</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Track gauge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">1,034 miles 39 chains (1,664.8 km) (1919)<sup id="cite_ref-RYB_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RYB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Track length</th><td class="infobox-data">2,375 miles 64 chains (3,823.5 km) (1919)<sup id="cite_ref-RYB_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RYB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>London and South Western Railway</b> (<b>LSWR</b>, sometimes written <b>L&SWR</b>) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the <a href="/wiki/London_and_Southampton_Railway" title="London and Southampton Railway">London and Southampton Railway</a>, its network extended to <a href="/wiki/Dorchester,_Dorset" title="Dorchester, Dorset">Dorchester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Weymouth,_Dorset" title="Weymouth, Dorset">Weymouth</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Salisbury" title="Salisbury">Salisbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>, and to <a href="/wiki/Padstow" title="Padstow">Padstow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ilfracombe" title="Ilfracombe">Ilfracombe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bude" title="Bude">Bude</a>. It developed a network of routes in <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berkshire" title="Berkshire">Berkshire</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire" title="Reading, Berkshire">Reading</a>. </p><p>The LSWR became famous for its express passenger trains to <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a> and Weymouth, and to Devon and Cornwall. Nearer London it developed a dense suburban network and was pioneering in the introduction of a widespread suburban electrified passenger network. It was the prime mover of the development of <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Southampton" title="Port of Southampton">Southampton Docks</a>, which became an important ocean terminal as well as a harbour for cross channel services and for <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight" title="Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a> ferries. Although the LSWR's area of influence was not the home of large-scale heavy industry, the transport of goods and mineral traffic was a major activity, and the company built a large marshalling yard at <a href="/wiki/Feltham_marshalling_yard" title="Feltham marshalling yard">Feltham</a>. Freight, docks and shipping business provided almost 40 per cent of turnover by 1908. The company handled the rebuilding of <a href="/wiki/London_Waterloo_station" title="London Waterloo station">London Waterloo station</a> as one of the great stations of the world, and the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_%26_City_line" title="Waterloo & City line">Waterloo & City line</a>, giving access to the City of London. The main line was quadrupled and several of the junctions on it were given grade-separation. It pioneered the introduction of power signalling. In the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Boer War</a> its connections at <a href="/wiki/Aldershot" title="Aldershot">Aldershot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland_Harbour" title="Portland Harbour">Portland</a>, and on <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_Plain" title="Salisbury Plain">Salisbury Plain</a>, made it a vital part of the war effort, and later during the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a> it successfully handled the huge volume of traffic associated with bringing personnel, horses and equipment to the English channel ports, and the repatriation of the injured. It was a profitable company, paying a dividend of 5% or more from 1871. </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Railways_Act_1921" title="Railways Act 1921">Railways Act 1921</a> the LSWR amalgamated with other railways to create the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(UK)" title="Southern Railway (UK)">Southern Railway</a>, on 1 January 1923, as part of the grouping of the railways. It was the largest constituent: it operated 862 route miles, and was involved in joint ventures that covered a further 157 miles. In passing its network to the new Southern Railway, it showed the way forward for long-distance travel and outer-suburban passenger operation, and for maritime activity. The network continued without much change through the lifetime of the Southern Railway, and for some years following nationalisation in 1948. In Devon and Cornwall the LSWR routes duplicated former <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a> routes, and in the 1960s they were closed or substantially reduced in scope. Some unsuccessful rural branch lines nearer the home counties closed too in the 1960s and later, but much of the LSWR network continues in busy use to the present day. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LSWR_system_map.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/LSWR_system_map.gif/300px-LSWR_system_map.gif" decoding="async" width="300" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/LSWR_system_map.gif/450px-LSWR_system_map.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/LSWR_system_map.gif/600px-LSWR_system_map.gif 2x" data-file-width="2954" data-file-height="1307" /></a><figcaption>The LSWR network in 1922</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_first_main_line">The first main line</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The first main line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SouthamptonTerminusToday.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/SouthamptonTerminusToday.jpg/220px-SouthamptonTerminusToday.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/SouthamptonTerminusToday.jpg/330px-SouthamptonTerminusToday.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/SouthamptonTerminusToday.jpg/440px-SouthamptonTerminusToday.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Southampton_Terminus_railway_station" title="Southampton Terminus railway station">Southampton Terminus station</a> today</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/London_and_Southampton_Railway" title="London and Southampton Railway">London and Southampton Railway</a></div> <p>The London and South Western Railway arose out of the <a href="/wiki/London_and_Southampton_Railway" title="London and Southampton Railway">London and Southampton Railway</a> (L&SR), which was promoted to connect Southampton to the capital; the company envisaged a considerable reduction in the price of coal and agricultural necessities to places served, as well as imported produce through <a href="/wiki/Southampton_Docks" class="mw-redirect" title="Southampton Docks">Southampton Docks</a>, and passenger traffic. </p><p>Construction probably started on 6 October 1834 under Francis Giles, but progress was slow. <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Locke" title="Joseph Locke">Joseph Locke</a> was brought in as engineer, and the rate of construction improved; the first part of the line opened to the public between <a href="/wiki/Nine_Elms_railway_station" title="Nine Elms railway station">Nine Elms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Woking_railway_station" title="Woking railway station">Woking Common</a> on 21 May 1838,<sup id="cite_ref-williams1-36_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-36-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it was opened throughout on 11 May 1840. The terminals were at Nine Elms, south of the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> and a mile or so southwest of <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Southampton_Terminus_railway_station" title="Southampton Terminus railway station">terminal station at Southampton</a> close to the docks, which were also directly served by goods trains.<sup id="cite_ref-williams1-40_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-40-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The railway was immediately successful, and road coaches from points further west altered their routes so as to connect with the new railway at convenient interchange points, although goods traffic was slower to develop.<sup id="cite_ref-williams1-38_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-38-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Branch_to_Gosport,_and_change_of_name"><span id="Branch_to_Gosport.2C_and_change_of_name"></span>Branch to Gosport, and change of name</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Branch to Gosport, and change of name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The London and Southampton Railway promoters had intended to build a branch from Basingstoke to <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>, but this proposal was rejected by Parliament in favour of the competing route proposed by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a>. The parliamentary fight had been bitter, and a combination of resentment and the commercial attraction of expanding westwards remained in the company's thoughts.<sup id="cite_ref-williams1-51_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-51-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A more immediate opportunity was taken up, of serving Portsmouth by a branch line. Interests friendly to the L&SR promoted a Portsmouth Junction Railway, which would have run from <a href="/wiki/Bishopstoke" title="Bishopstoke">Bishopstoke</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastleigh" title="Eastleigh">Eastleigh</a>) via <a href="/wiki/Botley,_Hampshire" title="Botley, Hampshire">Botley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fareham" title="Fareham">Fareham</a> to <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a>. However antagonism in Portsmouth—which considered Southampton a rival port—at being given simply as branch and thereby a roundabout route to London, killed the prospects of such a line. Portsmouth people wanted their own direct line, but in trying to play off the L&SR against the <a href="/wiki/London_and_Brighton_Railway" title="London and Brighton Railway">London and Brighton Railway</a> they were unable to secure the committed funds they needed. </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">United Kingdom legislation</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size:100%"><span style="font-size:125%">London and South Western Railway (Portsmouth Branch Railway) Act 1839</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;">Act of Parliament</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/140px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/210px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/280px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1550" /></span></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Citation_of_United_Kingdom_legislation" title="Citation of United Kingdom legislation">Citation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2_%26_3_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="2 & 3 Vict.">2 & 3 Vict.</a> c. xxviii</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The L&SR now promoted a cheaper line to <a href="/wiki/Gosport" title="Gosport">Gosport</a>, on the opposite side of <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Harbour" title="Portsmouth Harbour">Portsmouth Harbour</a>, shorter and simpler than the earlier proposal, but requiring a ferry crossing. Approval had been given in 1838 for the construction of a so-called floating bridge, a <a href="/wiki/Chain_ferry" class="mw-redirect" title="Chain ferry">chain ferry</a>, which started operation in 1840.<sup id="cite_ref-gary_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gary-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ferry would give an easy transit across Portsmouth Harbour, and the L&SR secured its act of Parliament, the <b><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="London_and_South_Western_Railway_(Portsmouth_Branch_Railway)_Act_1839"></span><span class="vanchor-text">London and South Western Railway (Portsmouth Branch Railway) Act 1839</span></span></b> (<a href="/wiki/2_%26_3_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="2 & 3 Vict.">2 & 3 Vict.</a> c. xxviii) on 4 June. To soothe feelings in Portsmouth, the L&SR included in its bill a change of name to the <b>London and South Western Railway</b> under section 2.<sup id="cite_ref-williams1-121_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-121-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Construction of the Gosport branch was at first quick and simple under the contractor <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brassey" title="Thomas Brassey">Thomas Brassey</a>. Stations were built at <a href="/wiki/Eastleigh_railway_station" title="Eastleigh railway station">Bishopstoke</a> (the new junction station; later renamed Eastleigh) and <a href="/wiki/Fareham_railway_station" title="Fareham railway station">Fareham</a>. An extremely elaborate station was built at <a href="/wiki/Gosport_railway_station" title="Gosport railway station">Gosport</a>, tendered at £10,980, seven times the tender price for Bishopstoke. However, there was a tunnel at Fareham, and on 15 July 1841 there was a disastrous earth slip at the north end. Opening of the line had been advertised for 11 days later, but the setback forced a delay until 29 November; the ground slipped again four days later, and passenger services were suspended until 7 February 1842.<sup id="cite_ref-williams1-121_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-121-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With train services to Gosport operating, <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight" title="Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a> ferry operators altered some sailings to leave from Gosport instead of Portsmouth. <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> was fond of travelling to <a href="/wiki/Osborne_House" title="Osborne House">Osborne House</a> on the island, and on 13 September 1845 a 605 yd (553 m) branch to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Clarence_Yard" title="Royal Clarence Yard">Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment</a>, where she could transfer from train to ship privately, was opened for her convenience.<sup id="cite_ref-course11_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-course11-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-keat_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-keat-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarden201143_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarden201143-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gauge_wars">Gauge wars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gauge wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between the first proposal for a railway from London to Southampton and the construction, interested parties were considering rail connections to other, more distant, towns that might be served by extensions of the railway. Reaching <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> via <a href="/wiki/Newbury,_Berkshire" title="Newbury, Berkshire">Newbury</a> was an early objective. The Great Western Railway (GWR) also planned to reach Bath and Bristol, and it obtained its act of Parliament, the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway_Act_1835" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Western Railway Act 1835">Great Western Railway Act 1835</a> (<a href="/wiki/5_%26_6_Will._4" class="mw-redirect" title="5 & 6 Will. 4">5 & 6 Will. 4</a>. c. cvii) on 31 August 1835, which for the time being removed those cities from the LSWR's immediate plans. There remained much attractive territory in the South West, the West of England, and even the West Midlands, and the LSWR and its allies continually fought the GWR and its allies to be the first to build a line in a new area. </p><p>The GWR was built on the <a href="/wiki/Broad_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad gauge">broad gauge</a> of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><a href="/wiki/7-foot-%C2%BC-inch_gauge_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="7-foot-¼-inch gauge railway"><span class="nowrap">7 ft <span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in</span></a> or <span class="nowrap">2,140 mm</span> while the LSWR gauge was <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> or <span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>), and the allegiance of any proposed independent railway was made clear by its intended gauge. The gauge was generally specified in the authorising <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament (UK)">act of Parliament</a>, and bitter and protracted competition took place to secure authorisation for new lines of the preferred gauge, and to bring about parliamentary rejection of proposals from the rival faction. This rivalry between the GWR and the standard gauge companies became called the <i><a href="/wiki/Gauge_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauge War">gauge wars</a></i>. </p><p>In the early days government held that several competing railways could not be sustained in any particular area of the country, and a commission of experts referred to informally as the "Five Kings" was established by the Board of Trade to determine the preferred development, and therefore the preferred company, in certain districts, and this was formalised in the <a href="/wiki/Railway_Regulation_Act_1844" title="Railway Regulation Act 1844">Railway Regulation Act 1844</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-williams1-3_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Suburban_lines">Suburban lines</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Suburban lines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/LSWR_suburban_lines" title="LSWR suburban lines">LSWR suburban lines</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LSWR_Suburban_1922.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/LSWR_Suburban_1922.gif/220px-LSWR_Suburban_1922.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/LSWR_Suburban_1922.gif/330px-LSWR_Suburban_1922.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/LSWR_Suburban_1922.gif/440px-LSWR_Suburban_1922.gif 2x" data-file-width="1374" data-file-height="1070" /></a><figcaption>Map of LSWR Suburban Network in 1922</figcaption></figure> <p>The LSWR was the second British railway company to begin running a commuter service, after the <a href="/wiki/London_and_Greenwich_Railway" title="London and Greenwich Railway">London and Greenwich Railway</a>, which opened in 1836.<sup id="cite_ref-thomas50_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas50-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the LSWR opened its first main line, the company built a station called Kingston, somewhat to the east of the present-day <a href="/wiki/Surbiton_railway_station" title="Surbiton railway station">Surbiton station</a>, and this quickly attracted business travel from residents of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Kingston_upon_Thames" title="Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames">Kingston upon Thames</a>. The availability of fast travel into London encouraged new housing development close to the new station. Residents of <a href="/wiki/Richmond_upon_Thames" class="mw-redirect" title="Richmond upon Thames">Richmond upon Thames</a> observed the popularity of this facility, and promoted the <a href="/wiki/Windsor_lines_of_the_London_and_South_Western_Railway" title="Windsor lines of the London and South Western Railway">Richmond Railway</a> from Richmond to Waterloo. The LSWR took over the construction of the extension from Nine Elms to Waterloo itself, and the line from Richmond to Falcon Bridge, at the present-day Clapham Junction, opened in July 1846. The line became part of the LSWR later that year. Already a suburban network was developing, and this gathered pace in the following decades.<sup id="cite_ref-williams36_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams36-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Chertsey_branch_line" title="Chertsey branch line">Chertsey branch line</a> opened from <a href="/wiki/Weybridge" title="Weybridge">Weybridge</a> to <a href="/wiki/Chertsey" title="Chertsey">Chertsey</a> on 14 February 1848.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1999b42_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1999b42-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Richmond line was extended, reaching <a href="/wiki/Windsor,_Berkshire" title="Windsor, Berkshire">Windsor</a> in 1849,<sup id="cite_ref-south49_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-south49-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while a loop line from <a href="/wiki/Barnes_railway_station" title="Barnes railway station">Barnes</a> via <a href="/wiki/Hounslow_railway_station" title="Hounslow railway station">Hounslow</a> rejoining the Windsor line near <a href="/wiki/Feltham_railway_station" title="Feltham railway station">Feltham</a> had been opened in 1850.<sup id="cite_ref-williams1-175_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-175-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1856 a friendly company, the Staines, Wokingham and Woking Junction Railway, opened its line from <a href="/wiki/Staines_railway_station" title="Staines railway station">Staines</a> to <a href="/wiki/Wokingham_railway_station" title="Wokingham railway station">Wokingham</a>, and running powers over the line shared by the <a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Railway_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Eastern Railway (UK)">South Eastern Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a> gave access for LSWR trains over the remaining few miles from Wokingham to <a href="/wiki/Reading_Southern_railway_station" title="Reading Southern railway station">Reading</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Court_branch_line" title="Hampton Court branch line">Hampton Court branch line</a> was opened on 1 February 1849.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1999a180–183_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1999a180–183-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Epsom_and_Leatherhead_Railway" title="Epsom and Leatherhead Railway">Epsom and Leatherhead Railway</a></div> <p>South of the main line, the LSWR wished to connect to the important towns of <a href="/wiki/Epsom" title="Epsom">Epsom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leatherhead" title="Leatherhead">Leatherhead</a>. In 1859 the friendly <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_and_Dorking_Railway" title="Wimbledon and Dorking Railway">Wimbledon and Dorking Railway</a> opened from Wimbledon, running alongside the main line as far as Epsom Junction, at the site of the later <a href="/wiki/Raynes_Park_railway_station" title="Raynes Park railway station">Raynes Park station</a>, then diverging to Epsom, joining there the <a href="/wiki/Epsom_and_Leatherhead_Railway" title="Epsom and Leatherhead Railway">Epsom and Leatherhead Railway</a>, operated jointly with the <a href="/wiki/London,_Brighton_and_South_Coast_Railway" title="London, Brighton and South Coast Railway">London, Brighton and South Coast Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhite198763_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhite198763-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parts of Kingston were three miles (4.8 kilometres) from <a href="/wiki/Surbiton_railway_station" title="Surbiton railway station">Surbiton</a> station but in 1863 a line from Twickenham to <a href="/wiki/Kingston_railway_station_(England)" title="Kingston railway station (England)">Kingston railway station (England)</a> was opened, forming the first part of the <a href="/wiki/Kingston_loop_line" title="Kingston loop line">Kingston loop line</a>. A single-track <a href="/wiki/Shepperton_branch_line" title="Shepperton branch line">Shepperton branch line</a> was laid in 1864, reaching westwards up the Thames Valley. In 1869 the Kingston loop line was completed by the south-eastward extension from Kingston to Wimbledon, with its own dedicated track alongside the main line from Malden to Epsom Junction (Raynes Park), where it joined the former Wimbledon and Dorking Railway lines.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1999a161–163_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1999a161–163-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="London_terminal_stations">London terminal stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: London terminal stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waterloo_facade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Waterloo_facade.jpg/220px-Waterloo_facade.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Waterloo_facade.jpg/330px-Waterloo_facade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Waterloo_facade.jpg/440px-Waterloo_facade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/London_Waterloo_station" title="London Waterloo station">Waterloo Station</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nine_Elms">Nine Elms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Nine Elms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company's first London terminus was at <a href="/wiki/Nine_Elms_railway_station" title="Nine Elms railway station">Nine Elms</a> on the southwestern edge of the built-up area. The wharf frontage on the Thames was advantageous to the railway's objective of competing with coastal shipping transits, but the site was inconvenient for passengers, who had to travel to or from London either by road or by steamer. </p> <blockquote><p>Passenger steamboats left from Old Swan Pier, Upper Thames Street, not very close to the City centre but the best that could be managed, one hour before the departure of each train from Nine Elms, and called at several intermediate piers on the way. To take one hour and only get as far as the starting point of the train was clearly not good enough, not even 150 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-gillham7_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gillham7-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extending_to_Waterloo">Extending to Waterloo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Extending to Waterloo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waterloo_station_1848.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/60/Waterloo_station_1848.jpg/220px-Waterloo_station_1848.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/60/Waterloo_station_1848.jpg/330px-Waterloo_station_1848.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/60/Waterloo_station_1848.jpg/440px-Waterloo_station_1848.jpg 2x" data-file-width="981" data-file-height="510" /></a><figcaption>A view of Waterloo Bridge railway station at opening</figcaption></figure> <p>The "Metropolitan Extension" to a more central location had been discussed as early as 1836, and a four-track extension was authorised from Nine Elms to what became Waterloo station, at first called Waterloo Bridge station. Opening was planned for 30 June 1848, but the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trade" title="Board of Trade">Board of Trade</a> inspector <a href="/wiki/Lintorn_Simmons" title="Lintorn Simmons">Captain Simmonds</a> was concerned about the structural stability of Westminster Bridge Road Bridge, and required a load test.<sup id="cite_ref-Wragg_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wragg-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was carried out on 6 July 1848, and was satisfactory. The line opened on 11 July 1848, together with the four tracks from Nine Elms in to Waterloo.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELordan202129_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELordan202129-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-williams1-160_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-160-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-w&cr209_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w&cr209-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Waterloo station occupied three-quarters of an acre (0.3ha); there were two centre lines, and four other lines serving roofed platforms 300 ft (91m) long, soon after extended to 600 ft (182m). They were located approximately where platforms 9 to 12 are today. Only temporary buildings were provided at first, but permanent structures opened in 1853. At first incoming trains stopped outside the station, the locomotive was detached and the carriages were allowed to roll into one of the platforms while the guard controlled the brake.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELordan202134_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELordan202134-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nine Elms site became dedicated to goods traffic and was much extended to fill the triangle of land eastwards to Wandsworth Road.<sup id="cite_ref-williams1-160_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-160-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-w&cr209_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w&cr209-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development_of_Waterloo_Station">Development of Waterloo Station</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Development of Waterloo Station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over the rest of the LSWR's existence Waterloo station was gradually extended and improved. Expanding its footprint in a heavily built-up area was expensive and slow. Four extra platforms were opened on 3 August 1860 on the north-west side of the original station, but separated from it by the cab road. These extended as far as what is today platform 16 and were always known as the Windsor station. There was an extra track between platforms 2 and 3 and this was the line connecting to the <a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Railway_(England)" title="South Eastern Railway (England)">South Eastern Railway</a>; it opened on 1 July 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-w&cr209_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w&cr209-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The South Station was brought into use on 16 December 1878; it had two new tracks and a double sided platform; the original station now became known as the Central station, while in November 1885 the North Station was opened by extending from the Windsor station towards York Road. It had six new platform faces, so that the total was now 18 platforms, two in the South, six in the Central, four in the Windsor, and six in the North, a total area of 16 acres (6.5ha). </p><p>Two more tracks were added down the main line from Waterloo to Nine Elms between 1886 and 1892; the seventh line was added on the east side on 4 July 1900, and the eighth in 1905. New platforms 1 to 3 were opened to traffic on 24 January 1909, followed by platform 4 on 25 July 1909 and platform 5 on 6 March 1910. New platforms 6 to 11 followed in 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-w&cr209_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w&cr209-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1911 the new four storey frontage block was ready; at last Waterloo had an integrated building for passengers' requirements, staff accommodation and offices. There was a new roof over platforms 1 to 15; platforms 16 to 21 retained their original 1885 roof.<sup id="cite_ref-w&cr209_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w&cr209-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other platforms were rearranged and renewed; beyond the cab road platforms 12 to 15 were allocated to main line arrivals, opening in 1916. The station reconstruction was eventually finished in 1922; the cost of the reconstruction had been £2,269,354. It was officially opened by Queen Mary on 21 March 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-w&cr209_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w&cr209-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="London_Necropolis_Company">London Necropolis Company</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: London Necropolis Company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/London_Necropolis_Company" title="London Necropolis Company">London Necropolis Company</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Necropolis_waterloo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Necropolis_waterloo.jpg/220px-Necropolis_waterloo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Necropolis_waterloo.jpg/330px-Necropolis_waterloo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Necropolis_waterloo.jpg/440px-Necropolis_waterloo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1008" data-file-height="567" /></a><figcaption>The London Necropolis station at Waterloo</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the cholera outbreak of 1848–1849 in London, it was clear that there was a scarcity of burial plots in suburban London. The London Necropolis Company was established in 1852; it set up a cemetery in Brookwood served by a short branch line off the LSWR main line. At Waterloo it built a dedicated station on the south side of the LSWR station, opening it in 1854. It was independent of the LSWR, but it chartered daily funeral trains to from Waterloo to Brookwood for mourners and the deceased. First, second and third class accommodation was provided on the trains. The Necropolis Station was demolished and replaced by a new one beyond Westminster Bridge Road railway bridge; its new station had two platforms, and opened on 16 February 1902.<sup id="cite_ref-w&cr209_24-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w&cr209-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The service continued until May 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-necropolis_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-necropolis-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECourse1976129–130_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECourse1976129–130-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELordan202167-68_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELordan202167-68-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="To_Cannon_Street_over_the_South_Eastern_Railway">To Cannon Street over the South Eastern Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: To Cannon Street over the South Eastern Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Charing Cross Railway (CCR), supported by the <a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Railway_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Eastern Railway (UK)">South Eastern Railway</a> (SER), opened from <a href="/wiki/London_Bridge" title="London Bridge">London Bridge</a> to <a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross" title="Charing Cross">Charing Cross</a> on 11 January 1864. Under the terms of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charing_Cross_Railway_Act_1859&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charing Cross Railway Act 1859 (page does not exist)">Charing Cross Railway Act 1859</a> (<a href="/wiki/22_%26_23_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="22 & 23 Vict.">22 & 23 Vict.</a> c. lxxxi), the CCR was required to build a spur from its line to the LSWR at Waterloo.<sup id="cite_ref-Gray119-120_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gray119-120-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The single-track connection ran through the station concourse between platforms 2 and 3 and there was a movable bridge to allow passengers to cross. On 6 July 1865 a circular service started from Euston via Willesden and Waterloo to London Bridge. The SER was clearly reluctant to encourage this service, and diverted it to Cannon Street. It struggled on until ceasing on 31 December 1867. A few van shunts, and also the Royal Train, were the only movements over the line after that.<sup id="cite_ref-williams2-14_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams2-14-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-w&cr8_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w&cr8-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SER decided to instead build its own station at Waterloo, now known as <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_East_railway_station" title="Waterloo East railway station">Waterloo East</a>, requiring passengers to transfer to-and-from the LSWR on foot.<sup id="cite_ref-Gray119-120_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gray119-120-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="To_Ludgate_Hill_over_the_LC&DR"><span id="To_Ludgate_Hill_over_the_LC.26DR"></span>To Ludgate Hill over the LC&DR</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: To Ludgate Hill over the LC&DR"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The inconvenience of the location of Waterloo as a London terminal continued to exercise the Board of the LSWR. At this time the <a href="/wiki/London,_Chatham_and_Dover_Railway" title="London, Chatham and Dover Railway">London, Chatham and Dover Railway</a> was building its own line to the city, but was in financial difficulty having overreached itself. It therefore welcomed an approach from the LSWR to use its <a href="/wiki/Ludgate_Hill_railway_station" title="Ludgate Hill railway station">Ludgate Hill</a> station in the City of London, when a financial contribution was on offer.<sup id="cite_ref-lcdr69_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lcdr69-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Trains from the direct Richmond line via Barnes could access the Longhedge line at Clapham Junction, running through to Ludgate Hill by way of <a href="/wiki/Loughborough_Junction_railway_station" title="Loughborough Junction railway station">Loughborough Junction</a>. This route became available on 3 April 1866. On 1 January 1869, the <a href="/wiki/Kensington_and_Richmond_line_of_the_LSWR" title="Kensington and Richmond line of the LSWR">Kensington and Richmond line of the LSWR</a> was ready: this ran from Richmond by way of <a href="/wiki/Gunnersbury_station" title="Gunnersbury station">Gunnersbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_(Grove_Road)_railway_station" title="Hammersmith (Grove Road) railway station">Hammersmith</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kensington_(Olympia)_station" title="Kensington (Olympia) station">Kensington</a>. Trains ran from there via the <a href="/wiki/West_London_Railway" title="West London Railway">West London Extension Railway</a>, then reaching the LCDR at Longhedge Junction. From there Ludgate Hill was accessible via Loughborough Junction.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1999a220–221,_225–226_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1999a220–221,_225–226-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-williams2-18_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams2-18-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Kingston to Malden link also opened on 1 January 1869; running through independently of the main line to Wimbledon, it joined the Epsom line at Epsom Junction, later <a href="/wiki/Raynes_Park_railway_station" title="Raynes Park railway station">Raynes Park station</a>. The Kingston and Epsom lines ran to a separate station at Wimbledon at first; this was integrated into the main Wimbledon station during 1869. The platforms used by those trains were also to be connected to the <a href="/wiki/Tooting,_Merton_and_Wimbledon_Railway" title="Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway">Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway</a> which was under construction.<sup id="cite_ref-williams2-38_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams2-38-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Tooting line connected into the <a href="/wiki/London,_Brighton_and_South_Coast_Railway" title="London, Brighton and South Coast Railway">London, Brighton and South Coast Railway</a> at Streatham Junction, and the LCDR was building a connection from its <a href="/wiki/Herne_Hill_railway_station" title="Herne Hill railway station">Herne Hill</a> station to Knights Hill Junction, on the LBSCR three miles north of Streatham Junction. The LCDR connection gave direct access to Ludgate Hill, and friendly relations now existed between the LSWR and the LBSCR, such that running powers were agreed to bridge the gap. All the route sections were ready and LSWR trains started using the route on 1 January 1869.<sup id="cite_ref-lcdr69_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lcdr69-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1999a98–99_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1999a98–99-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-williams2-20_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams2-20-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tube_line_to_the_City">Tube line to the City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tube line to the City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_%26_City_line" title="Waterloo & City line">Waterloo & City line</a></div> <p>The LSWR continued to be concerned about the remoteness of Waterloo from the City of London. The approaches to Ludgate Hill via Loughborough Junction were circuitous and slow, and inaccessible to passengers using main line trains, and outer suburban trains, at Waterloo. The City and South London Railway opened in 1890 as a deep level tube railway. Although it had limitations, it showed the idea to be practical and popular, and the LSWR saw that this was a way forward. </p><p>The company encouraged the development of a tube railway from Waterloo to a "City" station, later renamed "Bank". The LSWR sponsored a nominally independent company to construct the line, and the Waterloo and City Railway Company was incorporated by an act of Parliament, the <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_and_City_Railway_Act_1893" class="mw-redirect" title="Waterloo and City Railway Act 1893">Waterloo and City Railway Act 1893</a> (<a href="/wiki/56_%26_57_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="56 & 57 Vict.">56 & 57 Vict.</a> c. clxxxvii), of 27 July 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-gillham41_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gillham41-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The line was only the second bored tube railway in the world; it was electrified, and was <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> miles (3 km) in length; it opened to the public on 8 August 1898. The LSWR absorbed it in 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-w&cr5_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w&cr5-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portsmouth_and_Alton_routes">Portsmouth and Alton routes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Portsmouth and Alton routes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The LSWR's dominant route to Portsmouth was what became the Portsmouth Direct Line, its importance enhanced by the development of leisure travel to the Isle of Wight. Alton followed, later encouraging a local network for the Aldershot military depots, and itself forming a hub for secondary routes. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portsmouth_%26_Alton_lines.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Portsmouth_%26_Alton_lines.gif/220px-Portsmouth_%26_Alton_lines.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Portsmouth_%26_Alton_lines.gif/330px-Portsmouth_%26_Alton_lines.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Portsmouth_%26_Alton_lines.gif/440px-Portsmouth_%26_Alton_lines.gif 2x" data-file-width="1048" data-file-height="1157" /></a><figcaption>System map of the Portsmouth and Alton lines of the LSWR</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Portsmouth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Direct_line" title="Portsmouth Direct line">Portsmouth Direct line</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stokes_Bay_line" title="Stokes Bay line">Stokes Bay line</a></div> <p>The London and Southampton Railway opened in 1838, part of the way, and in 1840 throughout.<sup id="cite_ref-williams1-36_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-36-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its promoters wanted to make a branch line to Portsmouth, but in those early days the cost of a direct route was impossibly daunting. The company renamed itself the London and South Western Railway, and instead built a <a href="/wiki/Gosport_and_Cosham_lines" title="Gosport and Cosham lines">branch line from Bishopstoke (Eastleigh) to Gosport</a>, opening on 7 February 1842. Portsmouth could be reached from Gosport by ferry.<sup id="cite_ref-williams1-121_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-121-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The importance of Portsmouth attracted the rival <a href="/wiki/London,_Brighton_and_South_Coast_Railway" title="London, Brighton and South Coast Railway">London, Brighton and South Coast Railway</a>, which sponsored the construction of a route from Brighton to Portsmouth via Chichester. This opened on 14 June 1847. Portsmouth could now be reached from London via Brighton <sup id="cite_ref-turner1-237_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-turner1-237-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The LSWR had realised how unsatisfactory its approach to Portsmouth was, and made a connecting line from Fareham. Initially intending to build its own line to Portsmouth, it compromised and joined the LBSCR route from Brighton. The actual point of junction was on a spur near Cosham, and it was agreed that the line into Portsmouth from there would be jointly operated.<sup id="cite_ref-turner1-237_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-turner1-237-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This still fell short of the expectations of Portsmouth people, as the choice was via Brighton, reversing there, or via Bishopstoke. A branch line from Woking to Guildford and Godalming had been opened, and now a line from Godalming to Havant, joining the LBSCR line there, was made. The LSWR route relied on running powers over the LBSCR route from Havant to Portcreek Junction. The LBSCR was very disputatious at this period, and there was an undignified stand-off at Havant before mature arrangements were agreed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams1968145–146_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams1968145–146-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Portsmouth station was about a mile (about 1.5 km) from piers at which the Isle of Wight ferries might be boarded, and as the popularity of the island developed, the inconvenient transfer through the streets became increasingly prominent. Alternative piers on Portsea Island were built, failing to overcome the problem.<sup id="cite_ref-williams2-111_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams2-111-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Stokes_Bay_line" title="Stokes Bay line">Stokes Bay branch</a> was opened on 6 April 1863, connecting from the Gosport line; it offered direct transfer at its own ferry pier; but it was accessible via Bishopstoke, incurring a roundabout rail journey from London. It was absorbed by the LSWR in 1871 and struggled on until 1915 when part of it ws requisitioned by the Admiralty.<sup id="cite_ref-stokesbay_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stokesbay-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This issue of access to steamers was finally resolved in 1876, when the existing joint line at Portsmouth was extended to a Portsmouth Harbour station, where direct transfer was at last possible.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams1973114_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams1973114-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Isle_of_Wight_lines">Isle of Wight lines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Isle of Wight lines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1864 the Isle of Wight Railway was opened, starting out from a Ryde station on the south-east of the town: the terrain prevented a closer approach to the steamer berth.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaycockSilsbury199929_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaycockSilsbury199929-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As leisure traffic developed this became increasingly, objectionable, and the mitigation provided by the horse drawn street running trams of the Ryde Pier Company from 1871, requiring two transfers for onward travel, was hardly sufficient. </p><p>The LSWR and the LBSCR together built an extension line to the pier, and it opened to the Pier Head in 1880. It was not operated by the mainland companies, but by the Isle of Wight's own lines, which used it as an extension of their own routes. In 1923, all the Island lines, including this, transferred to the new Southern Railway as part of the Grouping process.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams1973127–128_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams1973127–128-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaycockSilsbury199992–93_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaycockSilsbury199992–93-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Southsea_Railway">Southsea Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Southsea Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Southsea_Railway" title="Southsea Railway">Southsea Railway</a></div> <p>An independent Southsea Railway was promoted, from Fratton station, serving Clarence Pier on the south side of Portsea Island. It opened on 1 July 1885, operated jointly by the LSWR and the LBSCR. The purported object of this short line was to alleviate the transfer to the ferries; by this time the through trains from London ran through to Portsmouth Harbour, so the benefit of changing trains to get to another pier was non-existent, and the Southsea Railway was a commercial failure. In an attempt to arrest the decline, railmotors were built to operate the line; these were reputedly the first in the United Kingdom. The line closed in 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-southsea_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-southsea-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-firstrailmotor_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firstrailmotor-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Midhurst">Midhurst</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Midhurst"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Midhurst_Railways" title="Midhurst Railways">Midhurst Railways</a></div> <p>The market town of Midhurst wished to secure a railway and the Petersfield Railway was formed to build a line. The LSWR absorbed the local company before construction was complete, and it opened as a simple branch of the LSWR on 1 September 1864.<sup id="cite_ref-harding8_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harding8-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lee_on_Solent">Lee on Solent</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Lee on Solent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lee-on-Solent_Line" title="Lee-on-Solent Line">Lee-on-Solent Line</a></div> <p>A landowner wished to develop an area on the coast west of Gosport, planning a high class watering place. A railway branch line was, he believed, essential, and he paid for one to be built, connecting with the Gosport branch. It opened in 1894, but it never had through trains on to the LSWR. It closed to passengers in 1931 and completely in 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-leebranch_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leebranch-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aldershot_and_Alton">Aldershot and Alton</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Aldershot and Alton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Aldershot_and_Alton_lines_of_the_LSWR" title="Aldershot and Alton lines of the LSWR">Aldershot and Alton lines of the LSWR</a></div> <p>The LSWR opened a line from Guildford to Farnham in 1849, extending to Alton in 1852. At the time the establishment of the army garrison at Aldershot led to a massive increase in population there, and consequently demand for travel, and the LSWR constructed a line from Pirbright Junction, on the main line near Brookwood, to a junction near Farnham via Aldershot. The new line opened in 1870. A curve was opened in 1879 at Aldershot Junctions enabling direct running from Guildford to Aldershot; the original line via Tongham declined as a result. The local network was electrified in 1937 and the Tongham line was closed to passengers at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-williams1-183_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-183-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gilks_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gilks-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brown2-23_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brown2-23-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bentley_and_Bordon_branch_line">Bentley and Bordon branch line</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Bentley and Bordon branch line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bordon_Light_Railway" title="Bordon Light Railway">Bordon Light Railway</a></div> <p>The Bordon Light Railway was constructed to serve large areas of military encampment around Bordon and Longmoor, and in the speculative hope of civilian residential development. It opened on 11 December 1905. The reduction in army manpower after 1945 led to a serious decline in use and the line was closed to passenger traffic from 16 September 1957, and completely in April 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaggs2010111,_114_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaggs2010111,_114-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Meon_Valley_line">Meon Valley line</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Meon Valley line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Meon_Valley_Railway" title="Meon Valley Railway">Meon Valley Railway</a></div> <p>In 1897 the LSWR applied to Parliament for authority to build a new main line railway between Alton and Knowle Junction, near Fareham, which was granted by the <a href="/wiki/South_Western_(Meon_Valley)_Railway_Act_1897" class="mw-redirect" title="South Western (Meon Valley) Railway Act 1897">South Western (Meon Valley) Railway Act 1897</a> (<a href="/wiki/60_%26_61_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="60 & 61 Vict.">60 & 61 Vict.</a> c. xxxv). The line, which opened on 1 June 1903 was engineered for express trains and included the 1058-yard Privett Tunnel, the 539-yard West Meon Tunnel and the four-arch Meon Valley Viaduct. Although some through trains from London used the route,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaggs201099_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaggs201099-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the mainstay of the line's business was local passenger trains. On 7 February 1955 the passenger service ceased, followed by total closure in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaggs2010102,_104_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaggs2010102,_104-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mid_Hants_Line">Mid Hants Line</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Mid Hants Line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The independent Mid-Hants Railway (MHR) opened its line between Alton and Winchester Junction, not far north of the city, on 2 October 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardingham199540_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardingham199540-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The promoters had envisaged a first class main line to Southampton and Stokes Bay (for the Isle of Wight), rivalling the LSWR routes. The reality was that it was dependent on the LSWR to work it, and that as a single line with some prodigious gradients, it could not hope to compete.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardingham19957–11_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardingham19957–11-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the outset, the MHR repeated complained that the services run by the LSWR were poorly timed and that the line's potential was not being fully realised. The MHR was taken over by the LSWR in 1884.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardingham199542–43_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardingham199542–43-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The line closed in 1973, but part of the route was adopted by the Watercress Line, a heritage railway organisation, which continues operations at present.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardingham1995111_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardingham1995111-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basingstoke_and_Alton_Light_Railway">Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Basingstoke_and_Alton_Light_Railway" title="Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway">Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway</a></div> <p>The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway was opened in 1901. The intervening terrain was very thinly populated, and it has been suggested by Kelly<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and others that the line was built as a blocker for a proposed GWR line that would have entered LSWR territory. The line never made money and was closed to passengers in 1932, and completely 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-baslight_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baslight-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-grant33_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grant33-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bishops_Waltham">Bishops Waltham</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Bishops Waltham"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bishop%27s_Waltham_railway_station1809853_cf95cce4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Bishop%27s_Waltham_railway_station1809853_cf95cce4.jpg/220px-Bishop%27s_Waltham_railway_station1809853_cf95cce4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Bishop%27s_Waltham_railway_station1809853_cf95cce4.jpg/330px-Bishop%27s_Waltham_railway_station1809853_cf95cce4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Bishop%27s_Waltham_railway_station1809853_cf95cce4.jpg/440px-Bishop%27s_Waltham_railway_station1809853_cf95cce4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="417" /></a><figcaption>Bishop's Waltham, terminus of branch from Botley, in 1963</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bishops_Waltham_branch" title="Bishops Waltham branch">Bishops Waltham branch</a></div> <p>In 1863 the Bishop's Waltham Railway Company opened its branch line between Bishop's Waltham and the LSWR's <a href="/wiki/Botley_railway_station" title="Botley railway station">Botley station</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Eastleigh_to_Fareham_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastleigh to Fareham Line">Eastleigh to Fareham Line</a>. The LSWR worked the branch line. It was never commercially successful and the LSWR took over the local company in 1881. It closed to passengers in 1932 and to goods in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-waltham_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-waltham-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="On_to_Dorchester_and_Weymouth">On to Dorchester and Weymouth</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: On to Dorchester and Weymouth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Southampton_and_Dorchester_Railway">The Southampton and Dorchester Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: The Southampton and Dorchester Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Holmsley_Railway_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Holmsley_Railway_Station.jpg/220px-Holmsley_Railway_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Holmsley_Railway_Station.jpg/330px-Holmsley_Railway_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Holmsley_Railway_Station.jpg/440px-Holmsley_Railway_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="481" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Holmsley_railway_station" title="Holmsley railway station">Holmsley railway station</a>, now a Tea Room</figcaption></figure> <p>The London and Southampton Railway promoters had lost the first battle for authorisation to make a line to Bristol, but the objective of opening up the country in the southwest and west of England remained prominent.<sup id="cite_ref-corkscrew1-17_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corkscrew1-17-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact it was an independent promoter, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Castleman_(solicitor)" title="Charles Castleman (solicitor)">Charles Castleman</a>, a solicitor of <a href="/wiki/Wimborne_Minster" title="Wimborne Minster">Wimborne Minster</a>, who assembled support in the South West, and on 2 February 1844 proposed to the LSWR that a line might be built from Southampton to <a href="/wiki/Dorchester,_Dorset" title="Dorchester, Dorset">Dorchester</a>: he was rebuffed by the LSWR, who were looking towards Exeter as their next objective.<sup id="cite_ref-corkscrew1-18_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corkscrew1-18-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Castleman went ahead and developed his scheme, but relations between his supporters and the LSWR were extremely tense, and Castleman formed a <a href="/wiki/Southampton_and_Dorchester_Railway" title="Southampton and Dorchester Railway">Southampton and Dorchester Railway</a>, and negotiated with the Great Western Railway instead. The <a href="/wiki/Bristol_%26_Exeter_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol & Exeter Railway">Bristol & Exeter Railway</a>, a broad gauge company allied to the GWR, reached Exeter on 1 May 1844, and the GWR was promoting the <a href="/wiki/Wilts,_Somerset_and_Weymouth_Railway" title="Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway">Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway</a> which was to connect the GWR to <a href="/wiki/Weymouth,_Dorset" title="Weymouth, Dorset">Weymouth</a>. It seemed to the LSWR that on all sides they were losing territory in the west country that they considered rightfully theirs, and they hastily prepared plans for their own lines crossing from Bishopstoke to <a href="/wiki/Taunton" title="Taunton">Taunton</a>. Much was made of the roundabout route of the Southampton and Dorchester line, and it was mockingly referred to as <i>Castleman's corkscrew</i> or <i>the water snake</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-corkscrew1-14_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corkscrew1-14-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lymington_Town_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Lymington_Town_Station.jpg/220px-Lymington_Town_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Lymington_Town_Station.jpg/330px-Lymington_Town_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Lymington_Town_Station.jpg/440px-Lymington_Town_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1050" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lymington_Town_railway_station" title="Lymington Town railway station">Lymington Town railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <i>Five Kings</i> (the commission headed by <a href="/wiki/James_Broun-Ramsay,_1st_Marquess_of_Dalhousie" title="James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie">Lord Dalhousie</a>) published their decision, that most of the broad gauge lines should have preference, as well as the Southampton and Dorchester line which was to be built on the narrow gauge.<sup id="cite_ref-corkscrew1-33_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corkscrew1-33-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Formal agreement was reached on 16 January 1845 between the LSWR, the GWR and the Southampton and Dorchester, agreeing exclusive areas of influence for future railway construction as between the parties. The Southampton and Dorchester line was authorised on 21 July 1845;<sup id="cite_ref-corkscrew1-38_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corkscrew1-38-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there was to be an <a href="/wiki/Dorchester_South_railway_station" title="Dorchester South railway station">interchange station at Dorchester</a> to transfer to the broad-gauge WS&W line, which was to be required to lay mixed gauge to <a href="/wiki/Weymouth_railway_station" title="Weymouth railway station">Weymouth</a> to give narrow gauge trains from Southampton access. To demonstrate impartiality the Southampton and Dorchester would be required to lay mixed gauge on its line for the same distance east of Dorchester, even though this did not lead to any source of traffic as there were no stations or goods sidings on the dual-gauge section. Interests in Southampton had also forced a clause in the <a href="/wiki/Southampton_and_Dorchester_Railway_Act_1845" class="mw-redirect" title="Southampton and Dorchester Railway Act 1845">Southampton and Dorchester Railway Act 1845</a> (<a href="/wiki/8_%26_9_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="8 & 9 Vict.">8 & 9 Vict.</a> c. xciii), requiring the S&DR to build a station at Blechynden Terrace, in central Southampton. This became the present day <a href="/wiki/Southampton_Central_railway_station" title="Southampton Central railway station">Southampton Central</a>; the Southampton and Dorchester was to terminate at the <a href="/wiki/Southampton_Terminus_railway_station" title="Southampton Terminus railway station">original LSWR terminus in Southampton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-corkscrew1-36_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corkscrew1-36-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The line opened on 1 June 1847 from a temporary station at Blechynden Terrace westwards, as the tunnel between there and the LSWR station at Southampton had suffered a partial collapse; that section was finally opened on the night of 5–6 August 1847, for a mail train.<sup id="cite_ref-corkscrew1-54_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corkscrew1-54-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bosham_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bosham-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Powers were taken for the LSWR to amalgamate with the Southampton & Dorchester, and this took effect on 11 October 1848.<sup id="cite_ref-corkscrew1-74_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corkscrew1-74-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Southampton and Dorchester line ran from <a href="/wiki/Brockenhurst_railway_station" title="Brockenhurst railway station">Brockenhurst</a> in a northerly sweep through <a href="/wiki/Ringwood_railway_station" title="Ringwood railway station">Ringwood</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wimborne_railway_station" title="Wimborne railway station">Wimborne</a>, bypassing <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a> (which had not yet developed as an important town) and <a href="/wiki/Poole" title="Poole">Poole</a>; the port of Poole was served by a <a href="/wiki/Hamworthy_Freight_Branch" title="Hamworthy Freight Branch">branch to Lower Hamworthy</a> on the south side of <a href="/wiki/Holes_Bay" title="Holes Bay">Holes Bay</a>. It then continued via <a href="/wiki/Wareham_railway_station" title="Wareham railway station">Wareham</a> to a terminus at <a href="/wiki/Dorchester_South_railway_station" title="Dorchester South railway station">Dorchester</a> which was sited to facilitate a further extension in the direction of <a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a>. The link to the WS&W line required through trains calling at Dorchester to reverse in and out of Dorchester station.<sup id="cite_ref-maggs-dorset17_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maggs-dorset17-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fawley_branch">Fawley branch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Fawley branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fawley_branch_line" title="Fawley branch line">Fawley branch line</a></div> <p>Local interests proposed a light railway in 1898; it was to run from a junction with the main line at Totton to Stone Point. A pier there was planned, to make a short crossing to the Isle of Wight. The promoters approached the LSWR for financial assistance, and a line to Fawley was confirmed by a Light Railway Order on 10 November 1903. However nothing was done and the powers lapsed. The light railway proposal was revived in 1921 with the backing of the Agwi Petroleum Co, which planned to erect a small oil refinery at Fawley. The £120,000 equity capital was partly funded by the LSWR. After some changes, the Southern Railway obtained an order on 27 February 1923. The line was opened on 20 July 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-fawley_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fawley-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The line closed to passenger services in 1966, but at present plans are being implemented to reopen the passenger operation.<sup id="cite_ref-waterside_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-waterside-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Christchurch_and_Bournemouth">Christchurch and Bournemouth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Christchurch and Bournemouth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ringwood,_Christchurch_and_Bournemouth_Railway" title="Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway">Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway</a></div> <p>The Southampton and Dorchester Railway opened its main line in 1847; it was routed via Ringwood, considered at the time to be more important than Bournemouth. As Bournemouth grew in importance, it was decided to build the Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway. It opened in 1862 between Ringwood and <a href="/wiki/Christchurch,_Dorset" title="Christchurch, Dorset">Christchurch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-corkscrew1-127_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corkscrew1-127-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Patronage was disappointing, but the line opened on to Bournemouth in 1870.<sup id="cite_ref-corkscrew1-133_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corkscrew1-133-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Christchurch to Bournemouth section became part of the present-day main line, but the line from Ringwood to Christchurch closed in 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson200890–91_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson200890–91-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lymington">Lymington</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Lymington"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lymington_branch_line" title="Lymington branch line">Lymington branch line</a></div> <p>The Lymington Railway Company opened a line from Brockenhurst on the Southampton and Dorchester Railway main line to what is now Lymington Town station in 1858. The line was worked by the LSWR, which abosorbed the smaller company in 1879. Lymington was important industrially at the time, and a ferry service to the Isle of Wight enhanced the business on the line. The jetty at Lymington was cramped and inconvenient for passenger transfer, and in 1884 a short extension, crossing Lymington River to a new Pier station, was opened. The line was electrified in 1967,<sup id="cite_ref-gillham118_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gillham118-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and continues in use at the present day.<sup id="cite_ref-lymington_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lymington-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Swanage">Swanage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Swanage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Swanage_Railway" title="Swanage Railway">Swanage Railway</a></div> <p>The town of <a href="/wiki/Swanage" title="Swanage">Swanage</a> was bypassed by the Dorchester line, and local interests set about securing a branch line. After false starts this was achieved when the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Swanage_Railway_Act_1881&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Swanage Railway Act 1881 (page does not exist)">Swanage Railway Act 1881</a> (<a href="/wiki/44_%26_45_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="44 & 45 Vict.">44 & 45 Vict.</a> c. clix) got <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a> in 1881 for a line from Worgret Junction, west of <a href="/wiki/Wareham_railway_station" title="Wareham railway station">Wareham</a>, to Swanage with an intermediate station at <a href="/wiki/Corfe_Castle" title="Corfe Castle">Corfe Castle</a>. Wareham station had been a simple wayside structure, and a new interchange station was built west of the level crossing for the purposes of the branch. The line opened on 20 May 1885, and the LSWR acquired the company from 25 June 1886. Passenger traffic ended in 1972. It was taken over by a preservation society and the line reopened as a heritage railway in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-maggs45_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maggs45-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Portland">Portland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Portland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Portland_Branch_Railway" title="Portland Branch Railway">Portland Branch Railway</a></div> <p>The Isle of Portland is formed of a very high quality stone much used for the construction of buildings. In 1865 the Weymouth and Portland Railway opened its line from Weymouth GWR station to Portland; it was worked jointly by the LSWR and the GWR.<sup id="cite_ref-portland25_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-portland25-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Easton and Church Hope Railway was incorporated soon afterwards to bring stone down to a new jetty, but the company failed to build its line. A modified route connecting to the Weymouth and Portland Railway was opened in 1900. The entire route Weymouth - Portland - Easton was worked jointly, and then later by the LSWR alone.<sup id="cite_ref-portland57_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-portland57-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The line later declined, closing to passengers in 1952 and completely in 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-portland207_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-portland207-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="West_to_Salisbury_and_Exeter">West to Salisbury and Exeter</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: West to Salisbury and Exeter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Salisbury">Salisbury</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Salisbury"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While Castleman was developing his Southampton and Dorchester line, the LSWR was planning to reach the important city of Salisbury. This was done by a branch from <a href="/wiki/Eastleigh_railway_station" title="Eastleigh railway station">Bishopstoke</a> by way of <a href="/wiki/Romsey_railway_station" title="Romsey railway station">Romsey</a> and the Dean Valley. By launching from Bishopstoke, the Company wished to connect the ports of Southampton and Portsmouth with Salisbury, but this made the route to London somewhat circuitous. The necessary Act was obtained on 4 July 1844, but land acquisition delays and inefficient contract arrangements delayed the opening until 27 January 1847, and then only for goods trains; passengers were conveyed from 1 March 1847. The Salisbury station was at <a href="/wiki/Milford_railway_station_(Wiltshire)" title="Milford railway station (Wiltshire)">Milford</a>, on the east side of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Business interests in <a href="/wiki/Andover,_Hampshire" title="Andover, Hampshire">Andover</a> were disappointed that the Salisbury line was not to pass through their town, and a London to Salisbury and <a href="/wiki/Yeovil" title="Yeovil">Yeovil</a> line through Andover was being promoted; it might ally with a line from Yeovil to Exeter with a Dorchester branch, forming a new, competing London to Exeter line, so that the LSWR territorial agreement with the GWR would be worthless. When the LSWR indicated that they would themselves build a line from Salisbury to Exeter, the GWR complained bitterly that this broke the 16 January 1845 territorial agreement, and the Southampton and Dorchester complained too that this new line would abstract traffic from them. As the <a href="/wiki/Railway_Mania" title="Railway Mania">railway mania</a> was now at its height, a frenzy of competing schemes was now proposed. The LSWR itself felt obliged to promote doubtful schemes in self-defence, but by 1848 the financial bubble of the mania had burst, and suddenly railway capital was difficult to find. In that year, only a few more realistic schemes gained Parliamentary authority: the Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway, for a narrow-gauge line from Exeter to <a href="/wiki/Yeovil" title="Yeovil">Yeovil</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_and_Yeovil_Railway" title="Salisbury and Yeovil Railway">Salisbury and Yeovil Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-williams1-3_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of 1847, work had begun on the LSWR's own line from <a href="/wiki/Basingstoke_railway_station" title="Basingstoke railway station">Basingstoke</a> to <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_railway_station" title="Salisbury railway station">Salisbury</a> via Andover, and the scene seemed at last to be set for LSWR trains to reach Exeter. This apparent resolution of the conflict was deceptive, and in the following years a succession of disruptive pressures exerted themselves. The Southampton and Dorchester Railway insisted that it should be the route to Exeter via <a href="/wiki/Bridport" title="Bridport">Bridport</a>; the GWR and its allies were proposing new schemes intersecting the LSWR's route west; the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth line resumed construction and appeared to threaten the LSWR's future traffic; the <a href="/wiki/Andover_Canal" title="Andover Canal">Andover Canal</a> was to be converted to a broad gauge railway; and residents of towns on the proposed LSWR route were angry at the delay in actually providing the new line. </p><p>The outcome of all this was that the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway was authorised on 7 August 1854; the LSWR line from Basingstoke resumed construction, and was opened to Andover on 3 July 1854, but it took until 1 May 1857 for the line to open from there to Salisbury (Milford). The LSWR had given undertakings to extend to Exeter and it was compelled to honour these, obtaining the Act on 21 July 1856.<sup id="cite_ref-williams1-3_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams1-3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="To_Exeter">To Exeter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: To Exeter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_routes_west_of_Salisbury" title="Southern Railway routes west of Salisbury">Southern Railway routes west of Salisbury</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lswr_map_1858.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Lswr_map_1858.gif/200px-Lswr_map_1858.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Lswr_map_1858.gif/300px-Lswr_map_1858.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Lswr_map_1858.gif/400px-Lswr_map_1858.gif 2x" data-file-width="1649" data-file-height="1077" /></a><figcaption>Diagram of the LSWR in 1858</figcaption></figure> <p>After a long period of conflict, the LSWR's route to the West of England was clear; the earlier connection to Milford station at Salisbury from Bishopstoke had been opened on 17 January 1847. The route from London was shortened by the route from Basingstoke via Andover on 2 May 1859, with a more convenient station at <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_railway_station" title="Salisbury railway station">Salisbury Fisherton Street</a>. The conflict had centred around the best route to reach Devon and Cornwall, and this had finally been agreed to be the so-called "central route" via Yeovil. The <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_and_Yeovil_Railway" title="Salisbury and Yeovil Railway">Salisbury and Yeovil Railway</a> opened its line, from Salisbury to <a href="/wiki/Gillingham_railway_station_(Dorset)" title="Gillingham railway station (Dorset)">Gillingham</a> on 1 May 1859; from there to <a href="/wiki/Sherborne_railway_station" title="Sherborne railway station">Sherborne</a> on 7 May 1860, and finally to <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Junction_railway_station" title="Yeovil Junction railway station">Yeovil Junction</a> on 1 June 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERuegg196044–45,_48_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERuegg196044–45,_48-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The controversy over the route to Exeter having been resolved, the LSWR itself had obtained authority to extend from Yeovil to Exeter, and constructing it swiftly, it opened on 19 July 1860 to its <a href="/wiki/Exeter_Central_railway_station" title="Exeter Central railway station">Queen Street station</a> there.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThomas198855_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThomas198855-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Branches_between_Basingstoke_and_Exeter">Branches between Basingstoke and Exeter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Branches between Basingstoke and Exeter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From Basingstoke to Salisbury to be written. </p><p>The topography of the line from Salisbury to Exeter is such that the main line passed by many significant communities. Local communities were disappointed by the omission of their town from railway connection, and, in many cases encouraged by the LSWR, they promoted independent branch lines. These lines were worked, and sooner or later absorbed, by the LSWR, so that in time the main line had a series of connecting branches. </p><p>West of Salisbury there were branch lines to: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yeovil" title="Yeovil">Yeovil</a>; the line ran from <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Junction_railway_station" title="Yeovil Junction railway station">Yeovil Junction</a> to <a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_railway_station" title="Yeovil Town railway station">Yeovil Town</a> station;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chard_Branch_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Chard Branch Line">Chard</a>; the branch opened on 8 May 1863, from Chard Road (later <a href="/wiki/Chard_Junction_railway_station" title="Chard Junction railway station">Chard Junction</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Chard_Town_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Chard Town railway station">Chard Town</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyme_Regis_branch_line" title="Lyme Regis branch line">Lyme Regis</a>; the branch line from <a href="/wiki/Axminster_railway_station" title="Axminster railway station">Axminster</a> to <a href="/wiki/Lyme_Regis_railway_station" title="Lyme Regis railway station">Lyme Regis</a> opened on 24 August 1903;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1987Historical_background_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1987Historical_background-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaton_Branch_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Seaton Branch Line">Seaton</a>; a branch line from <a href="/wiki/Seaton_Junction_railway_station" title="Seaton Junction railway station">Seaton Junction</a> to <a href="/wiki/Seaton_railway_station_(Devon)" title="Seaton railway station (Devon)">Seaton</a> opened on 16 March 1868;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2000111_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2000111-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidmouth_Railway" title="Sidmouth Railway">Sidmouth and Exmouth</a>; a line opened from Feniton, later <a href="/wiki/Sidmouth_Junction_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Sidmouth Junction railway station">Sidmouth Junction</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Sidmouth_railway_station" title="Sidmouth railway station">Sidmouth</a> on 6 July 1874;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1992Historical_background_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1992Historical_background-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a branch was constructed from Tipton St Johns to <a href="/wiki/Budleigh_Salterton_railway_station" title="Budleigh Salterton railway station">Budleigh Salterton</a>, opening on 15 May 1897, and extended from there to <a href="/wiki/Exmouth_railway_station" title="Exmouth railway station">Exmouth</a>, opening on 1 June 1903;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1992Historical_background_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1992Historical_background-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exmouth_branch_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Exmouth branch railway">Exmouth</a>; this branch opened from <a href="/wiki/Exmouth_Junction" title="Exmouth Junction">Exmouth Junction</a> on 1 May 1861.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1992Historical_background_92-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1992Historical_background-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Somerset_and_Dorset_Joint_Railway">Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Somerset_and_Dorset_Joint_Railway" title="Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway">Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway</a></div> <p>The Somerset and Dorset Railway completed its line to Bath on 20 July 1874. The extension to Bath from its misconceived origin plunged it into debt from which it only recovered by leasing its line to the Midland Railway and the LSWR jointly. This was agreed on 1 November 1875.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtthill198555–59_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtthill198555–59-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964b96–99_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964b96–99-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The line's trains ran from Broadstone (near Bournemouth, LSWR) and Wimborne to Bath and Burnham-on-Sea, with a branch to Wells (and from 1890 by lease, Bridgwater. At Templecombe the line made a spur connection to the LSWR station on the main line between Salisbury and Yeovil.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtthill198541–45,_70_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtthill198541–45,_70-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The line retained a distinctive individuality, but it was difficult to operate, and ultimately unprofitable.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtthill1985152_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtthill1985152-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="West_of_Exeter">West of Exeter</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: West of Exeter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exeter_to_Barnstaple">Exeter to Barnstaple</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Exeter to Barnstaple"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/North_Devon_Railway" title="North Devon Railway">North Devon Railway</a></div> <p>Local railways towards North Devon had already opened: the <a href="/wiki/Exeter_and_Crediton_Railway" title="Exeter and Crediton Railway">Exeter and Crediton Railway</a> opened on 12 May 1851,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964b81_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964b81-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/North_Devon_Railway" title="North Devon Railway">North Devon Railway</a> from <a href="/wiki/Crediton_railway_station" title="Crediton railway station">Crediton</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bideford_railway_station" title="Bideford railway station">Bideford</a> opened on 1 August 1854. Both lines were constructed on the broad gauge. The LSWR acquired an interest in these lines in 1862–63 and then bought them in 1865. The Bristol and Exeter railway had reached Exeter at <a href="/wiki/Exeter_St_Davids_railway_station" title="Exeter St Davids railway station">St Davids station</a> on 1 May 1844<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964a92_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964a92-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/South_Devon_Railway_Company" title="South Devon Railway Company">South Devon Railway</a> had extended southwards in 1846.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964a156_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964a156-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The LSWR Queen Street station was high above St Davids station, and a westward extension required the line to descend and cross the other lines. </p><p>The LSWR built a connecting line that descended to St Davids station by a steep falling <a href="/wiki/Gradient" title="Gradient">gradient</a> of 1 in 37 (2.7%). The authorising act of Parliament<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (September 2024)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> required the Bristol and Exeter Railway to lay narrow gauge rails as far as <a href="/wiki/Cowley_Bridge_Junction" class="mw-redirect" title="Cowley Bridge Junction">Cowley Bridge Junction</a>, a short distance north of St Davids where the North Devon line diverged. Under the terms of this concession, all LSWR passenger trains were required to make calls at St Davids station. LSWR trains to London ran southwards through St Davids station, while broad gauge trains to London ran northwards. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plymouth">Plymouth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Plymouth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Exeter_to_Plymouth_railway_of_the_LSWR" title="Exeter to Plymouth railway of the LSWR">Exeter to Plymouth railway of the LSWR</a></div> <p>The North Devon line formed a convenient launching point for an independent LSWR line to Plymouth. The LSWR encouraged local interests, and the Devon and Cornwall Railway opened from Coleford Junction to <a href="/wiki/North_Tawton_railway_station" title="North Tawton railway station">North Tawton</a> on 1 November 1865, and in stages from there to Lidford (later <a href="/wiki/Lydford_railway_station" title="Lydford railway station">Lydford</a>) on 12 October 1874. The LSWR obtained running powers over the <a href="/wiki/South_Devon_and_Tavistock_Railway" title="South Devon and Tavistock Railway">South Devon and Launceston Railway</a>, giving it access to <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a> over that line. </p><p>Another nominally independent company, the <a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Devonport_and_South_Western_Junction_Railway" title="Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway">Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway</a> built a line from Lidford to <a href="/wiki/Devonport_railway_station" title="Devonport railway station">Devonport</a>, and the LSWR leased and operated the line, gaining independent access to Devonport, and its own passenger terminal at <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Friary_railway_station" title="Plymouth Friary railway station">Plymouth Friary</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ocean_liner_services_and_sleeping_cars">Ocean liner services and sleeping cars</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Ocean liner services and sleeping cars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beginning in April 1904, the LSWR operated a boat train service between <a href="/wiki/Devonport_Stonehouse_Pool_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Devonport Stonehouse Pool railway station">Devonport Stonehouse Pool</a> and Waterloo in connection with <a href="/wiki/American_Line" title="American Line">American Line</a> transatlantic ocean liners, and from May 1907, liners of the <a href="/wiki/White_Star_Line" title="White Star Line">White Star Line</a> as well. On 30 June 1906, one of these trains, with five coaches carrying 48 passengers from the American liner <a href="/wiki/SS_City_of_New_York_(1888)" title="SS City of New York (1888)"><i>New York</i></a>, was wrecked in the <a href="/wiki/1906_Salisbury_rail_crash" title="1906 Salisbury rail crash">Salisbury rail crash</a>. The boat trains included restaurant cars, and in 1908, four sleeping cars were built at Eastleigh for the Plymouth boat trains. Each sleeping car had seven single-berth first-class compartments and two twin-berth third-class compartments. They did not last long: under an agreement made in May 1910 between the LSWR and GWR, passengers disembarking at Plymouth were carried to London on GWR services, and the LSWR boat trains from Plymouth were withdrawn. With the end of the ocean liner services, all four sleeping cars were sold to the GWR.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaulknerWilliams1988162–4,_173_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaulknerWilliams1988162–4,_173-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeddell2001142,_145,_217_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeddell2001142,_145,_217-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoltKichenside1982166_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoltKichenside1982166-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Holsworthy_and_Bude">Holsworthy and Bude</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Holsworthy and Bude"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Okehampton_to_Bude_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Okehampton to Bude Line">Okehampton to Bude Line</a></div> <p>The line from Okehampton to Lydford itself provided a good starting point for a branch to <a href="/wiki/Holsworthy_railway_station" title="Holsworthy railway station">Holsworthy</a>, in northwest Devon, and this opened on 20 January 1879, and was extended to <a href="/wiki/Bude_railway_station" title="Bude railway station">Bude</a> in Cornwall on 10 August 1898. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_Cornwall">North Cornwall</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: North Cornwall"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/North_Cornwall_Railway" title="North Cornwall Railway">North Cornwall Railway</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bridestowe_railway_station_1973131.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Bridestowe_railway_station_1973131.jpg/220px-Bridestowe_railway_station_1973131.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Bridestowe_railway_station_1973131.jpg/330px-Bridestowe_railway_station_1973131.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Bridestowe_railway_station_1973131.jpg/440px-Bridestowe_railway_station_1973131.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="440" /></a><figcaption>Bridestowe Station in 1964</figcaption></figure> <p>The line to Holsworthy itself provided a further starting point for a branch to what became the LSWR's most westerly point at <a href="/wiki/Padstow_railway_station_(England)" title="Padstow railway station (England)">Padstow</a>, 260 miles (420 kilometres) from <a href="/wiki/London_Waterloo" class="mw-redirect" title="London Waterloo">Waterloo</a>). The line was promoted by the North Cornwall Railway, and opened in stages, finally being completed on 27 March 1899. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electrification">Electrification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Electrification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Electrification_of_the_LSWR" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrification of the LSWR">Electrification of the LSWR</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LSWR_Electrified_1922.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/LSWR_Electrified_1922.gif/220px-LSWR_Electrified_1922.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/LSWR_Electrified_1922.gif/330px-LSWR_Electrified_1922.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/LSWR_Electrified_1922.gif/440px-LSWR_Electrified_1922.gif 2x" data-file-width="1270" data-file-height="902" /></a><figcaption>Map of LSWR electrified routes in 1922</figcaption></figure> <p>In the early years of the twentieth century electric traction was adopted by a number of urban railways in the United States. The <a href="/wiki/London_and_North_Western_Railway" title="London and North Western Railway">London and North Western Railway</a> adopted a four-rail system and started operating electric trains to <a href="/wiki/Richmond_railway_station_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richmond railway station (London)">Richmond</a> over the LSWR from <a href="/wiki/Gunnersbury_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Gunnersbury railway station">Gunnersbury</a>, and soon the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_District_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan District Railway">Metropolitan District Railway</a> was doing so as well. In the face of declining suburban passenger income, for some time the LSWR failed to respond, but in 1913 <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Ashcombe_Walker" title="Herbert Ashcombe Walker">Herbert Walker</a> was appointed chairman, and he soon implemented an electrification scheme in the LSWR suburban area. </p><p>A third rail system was used, with a line voltage of 600 V DC. The rolling stock consisted of 84 three-car units, all formed from converted steam stock, and the system was an immediate success when it opened in 1915–16. In fact, overcrowding was experienced in busy periods and trains were augmented by a number of two-car non driving trailer units from 1919, also converted from steam stock, which were formed between two of the three-car units, forming an eight-car train. All the electric trains provided first and third class accommodation only. </p><p>The routes electrified were in the inner suburban area—a second stage scheme had been prepared but was frustrated by the First World War—but extended as far as <a href="/wiki/Claygate_railway_station" title="Claygate railway station">Claygate</a> on the <a href="/wiki/New_Guildford_line" title="New Guildford line">New Guildford line</a>; this was operated at first as an interchange point, but the section was discontinued as an electrified route when overcrowding nearer London occurred, the electric stock being used there and the Claygate line reverting to steam operation. </p><p>Concomitant with the electrification, the route between Vauxhall and Nine Elms was widened to eight tracks, and a flyover for the <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Court_branch_line" title="Hampton Court branch line">Hampton Court branch line</a> was constructed, opening for traffic on 4 July 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1999a180–183_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1999a180–183-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Southampton_Docks">Southampton Docks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Southampton Docks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Port_of_Southampton" title="History of the Port of Southampton">History of the Port of Southampton</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the London and Southampton Railway was being constructed, it was realised that new business would be generated, and the dock facilities at Southampton needed to be extended. The Southampton Docks Company was created for that purpose in May 1836, with capital of £350,000. The area chosen was the town beach, at the confluence of the rivers Test and Itchen.<sup id="cite_ref-marden10_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marden10-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-roussel9_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roussel9-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over the following two decades there was a constant process of building larger and deeper facilities as vessels in use were larger, more numerous, and in need of additional repair facilities. By 1858 £706,000 had been spent.<sup id="cite_ref-marden21_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marden21-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1873 a further extension of the quay southwards down the river Itchen was undertaken, culminating in the formation of the Empress Dock between 1886 and 1890. The dock company was unable to raise the finance for the work, and obtained a loan of £250,000 from the London and South Western Railway. Southampton was able to take the largest vessels afloat at any state of the tide.<sup id="cite_ref-marden32_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marden32-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acquisition_by_the_LSWR">Acquisition by the LSWR</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Acquisition by the LSWR"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1892 the Port of Southampton was the only port in the world able to take the deepest draught vessels at any state of the tide, but the Dock Company was not financially secure. The undertaking was purchased by the LSWR on 1 November 1892 for £1.36 million. The LSWR immediately started investing in further extensions and improvements to the dock.<sup id="cite_ref-marden32_106-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marden32-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-roussel9_104-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roussel9-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Victoria (Royal) Pier was substantially enlarged in 1892 and lengthened to include a pavilion, tea rooms, and a bandstand. A railway from the terminus station served both the Quay and the pier.<sup id="cite_ref-marden73_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marden73-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LSWR_shipping_services">LSWR shipping services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: LSWR shipping services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shipping_services_of_the_London_and_South_Western_Railway" title="Shipping services of the London and South Western Railway">Shipping services of the London and South Western Railway</a></div> <p>The LSWR developed a considerable cross channel shipping business. As well as passenger ferries to the Isle of Wight (also from Portsmouth and Lymington) there was a substantial cargo business to French ports on the English Channel. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development_under_the_Southern_Railway">Development under the Southern Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Development under the Southern Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the end of the nineteenth century Southampton Corporation developed plans to make new dock facilities in the West Bay, but they were hampered by inability to raise finance, and the LSWR took up the project. When the Southern Railway was formed in 1923, the Chairman Sir Herbert Walker planned the West Docks. Over 400 acres of tidal mud was reclaimed, providing new quays about <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> miles in extent, and a new, larger dry dock, and shore facilities; the berths opened progressively from 1934 onwards. A new railway was opened from the West (Southampton Central) station to a train ferry jetty near the Royal Pier.<sup id="cite_ref-marden75_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marden75-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1926 the Southern Railway Company had sailings to the Channel Islands, as well as Saint Malo, Caen, Cherbourg and Honfleur. In 1931 the banana ships of <a href="/wiki/Fyffes_Line" title="Fyffes Line">Elders & Fyffes</a> started running from the West Indies.<sup id="cite_ref-roussel35_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roussel35-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway_activity">Railway activity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Railway activity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Soton_docks.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Soton_docks.gif/220px-Soton_docks.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Soton_docks.gif/330px-Soton_docks.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Soton_docks.gif/440px-Soton_docks.gif 2x" data-file-width="1037" data-file-height="503" /></a><figcaption>Southampton docks under the LSWR and the Southern Railway</figcaption></figure> <p>When the LSWR acquired the Dock Company, it replaced the industrial locomotive fleet with fourteen class B4 dock locomotives of its own, purpose-built for the dock work. In 1947 the Southern Railway acquired a fleet of locomotives built for war use by the <a href="/wiki/Transportation_Corps" title="Transportation Corps">US Corps of Transportation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-marden176_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marden176-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The volume of railway traffic handled at the docks was prodigious. In addition to the boat trains, banana specials were particularly memorable. In 1871 a total of 2362 ships called at the docks, and well over 500 waggons per week were used in transporting goods; a further 3483 waggons of coal also arrived that year to fuel vessels, most of which were steam ships. In addition 10,000 trucks of mail arrived; these totals had practically doubled 2 years later.<sup id="cite_ref-marden176_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marden176-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over the Friday and Saturday of the August bank holiday weekend of 1932, 78 boat trains were handled in 48 hours. On a single day in June 1933 a total of 976 goods wagons left the docks during a 19-hour period, 424 of these being loaded with bananas. In 1936 the dock railways operated 4,800 passenger and 4,245 goods trains.<sup id="cite_ref-marden176_110-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marden176-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eastleigh_Works">Eastleigh Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Eastleigh Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1891, the <a href="/wiki/Eastleigh_Works" title="Eastleigh Works">works at Eastleigh</a>, in Hampshire, were opened with the transfer of the carriage and wagon works from Nine Elms in London. The locomotive works were transferred from <a href="/wiki/Nine_Elms_Locomotive_Works" title="Nine Elms Locomotive Works">Nine Elms</a> under Drummond, opening in 1909. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bideford-signalbox.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Bideford-signalbox.jpg/220px-Bideford-signalbox.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Bideford-signalbox.jpg/330px-Bideford-signalbox.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Bideford-signalbox.jpg/440px-Bideford-signalbox.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="425" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bideford_railway_station" title="Bideford railway station">Bideford railway station</a> in Devon</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable people connected with the LSWR include: </p><p><b>Chairmen of the board of directors</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEllis1956Appendix_B_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEllis1956Appendix_B-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1832–1833: <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Baring,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet">Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet</a></li> <li>1834–1836: John Wright</li> <li>1837–1840: <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Easthope,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir John Easthope, 1st Baronet">Sir John Easthope, 1st Baronet</a></li> <li>1841–1842: Robert Garnet</li> <li>1843–1852: <a href="/wiki/William_Chaplin_(coach_proprietor)" title="William Chaplin (coach proprietor)">William Chaplin</a></li> <li>1853: <a href="/wiki/Francis_Scott_(1806%E2%80%931884)" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis Scott (1806–1884)">Francis Scott</a></li> <li>1854: Sir William Heathcote</li> <li>1854–1858: William Chaplin (again)</li> <li>1859–1872: Captain Charles Mangles</li> <li>1873–1874: Charles Castleman</li> <li>1875–1892: Ralph H. Dutton</li> <li>1892–1899: Wyndham S. Portal</li> <li>1899–1904: Lt. Col. the Hon. H. W. Campbell</li> <li>1904–1910: Sir Charles Scotter</li> <li>1911–1922: Sir Hugh Drummond</li></ul> <p><b>General managers</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEllis1956Appendix_B_111-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEllis1956Appendix_B-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1839–1852: Cornelius Stovin (as traffic manager)</li> <li>1852–1885: Archibald Scott (as traffic manager 1852–1870)</li> <li>1885–1898: Sir Charles Scotter</li> <li>1898–1912: <a href="/wiki/Charles_J._Owens" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles J. Owens">Sir Charles Owens</a></li> <li>1912–1922: <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Ashcombe_Walker" title="Herbert Ashcombe Walker">Sir Herbert Walker</a></li></ul> <p><b>Resident engineers</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams1973302–303_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams1973302–303-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1837–1849: Albinus [Albino] Martin</li> <li>1849–1853: John Bass</li> <li>1853–1870: John Strapp</li> <li>1870–1887: <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Jacomb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Jacomb (page does not exist)">William Jacomb</a> (1832–1887)</li> <li>1887–1901: E. Andrews</li> <li>1901–1914: J. W. Jacomb-Hood</li> <li>1914–1922: <a href="/wiki/Alfred_W._Szlumper" title="Alfred W. Szlumper">Alfred Weeks Szlumper</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarshall1978213_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarshall1978213-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Consulting engineers</b> </p> <ul><li>1834–1837: Francis Giles<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams196821_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams196821-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams196829–31_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams196829–31-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1837–1849: <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Locke" title="Joseph Locke">Joseph Locke</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams196829–31_115-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams196829–31-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams196877_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams196877-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1849–1862: <a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Errington" title="John Edward Errington">John Edward Errington</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams196877_116-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams196877-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1862–1907: <a href="/wiki/W._R._Galbraith" title="W. R. Galbraith">W. R. Galbraith</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarshall197889–90_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarshall197889–90-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Mechanical engineers</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEllis1956Appendix_B_111-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEllis1956Appendix_B-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Steam_Train_at_Shildon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Steam_Train_at_Shildon.jpg/220px-Steam_Train_at_Shildon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Steam_Train_at_Shildon.jpg/330px-Steam_Train_at_Shildon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Steam_Train_at_Shildon.jpg/440px-Steam_Train_at_Shildon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Adams <a href="/wiki/LSWR_T3_class" title="LSWR T3 class">T3 class</a> locomotive No. 563 built in 1893</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>1838–1840: Joseph Woods (as Locomotive Superintendent)</li> <li>1841–1850: <a href="/wiki/John_Viret_Gooch" title="John Viret Gooch">John Viret Gooch</a> (as Locomotive Superintendent)</li> <li>1850–1871: <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hamilton_Beattie" title="Joseph Hamilton Beattie">Joseph Hamilton Beattie</a> (as Locomotive Superintendent)</li> <li>1871–1877: <a href="/wiki/William_George_Beattie" title="William George Beattie">William George Beattie</a> (as Locomotive Superintendent)</li> <li>1877–1895: <a href="/wiki/William_Adams_(locomotive_engineer)" title="William Adams (locomotive engineer)">William Adams</a> (as Locomotive Superintendent)</li> <li>1895–1912: <a href="/wiki/Dugald_Drummond" title="Dugald Drummond">Dugald Drummond</a> (as Chief Mechanical Engineer from 1904)</li> <li>1912–1922: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Urie" title="Robert Urie">Robert Urie</a> (as Locomotive Engineer)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Locomotive_works">Locomotive works</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Locomotive works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LSWR_watertube_firebox_locomotive_408_(Howden,_Boys%27_Book_of_Locomotives,_1907).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/LSWR_watertube_firebox_locomotive_408_%28Howden%2C_Boys%27_Book_of_Locomotives%2C_1907%29.jpg/220px-LSWR_watertube_firebox_locomotive_408_%28Howden%2C_Boys%27_Book_of_Locomotives%2C_1907%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/LSWR_watertube_firebox_locomotive_408_%28Howden%2C_Boys%27_Book_of_Locomotives%2C_1907%29.jpg/330px-LSWR_watertube_firebox_locomotive_408_%28Howden%2C_Boys%27_Book_of_Locomotives%2C_1907%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/LSWR_watertube_firebox_locomotive_408_%28Howden%2C_Boys%27_Book_of_Locomotives%2C_1907%29.jpg/440px-LSWR_watertube_firebox_locomotive_408_%28Howden%2C_Boys%27_Book_of_Locomotives%2C_1907%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1027" data-file-height="366" /></a><figcaption>LSWR watertube firebox locomotive 408 (<a href="/wiki/LSWR_L11_class" title="LSWR L11 class">L11 class</a>) (Howden, Boys' Book of Locomotives, 1907)</figcaption></figure> <p>The locomotive works were at <a href="/wiki/Nine_Elms_Locomotive_Works" title="Nine Elms Locomotive Works">Nine Elms</a> from 1838 to 1908. Under Drummond they were moved to a new spacious site at <a href="/wiki/Eastleigh_Works" title="Eastleigh Works">Eastleigh</a> in 1909. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Locomotives_of_the_Southern_Railway#London_and_South_Western_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Locomotives of the Southern Railway">List of locomotive classes</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Locomotive_liveries">Locomotive liveries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Locomotive liveries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London_and_South-Western_Railway_carriage.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/London_and_South-Western_Railway_carriage.jpg/220px-London_and_South-Western_Railway_carriage.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/London_and_South-Western_Railway_carriage.jpg/330px-London_and_South-Western_Railway_carriage.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/London_and_South-Western_Railway_carriage.jpg/440px-London_and_South-Western_Railway_carriage.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4328" data-file-height="3312" /></a><figcaption>LSWR carriage</figcaption></figure> <p>Liveries for painting of locomotives adopted by the successive Mechanical Engineers: </p> <dl><dt>To 1850 (John Viret Gooch)</dt></dl> <p>Little information is available although from 1844 dark green with red and white lining, black wheels and red buffer beams seems to have become standard. </p> <dl><dt>1850–1866 (Joseph Hamilton Beattie)</dt></dl> <ul><li>Passenger classes – <a href="/wiki/Indian_red" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian red">Indian red</a> with black panelling inside white. Driving splashers and cylinders lined white. Black wheels, smokebox and chimney. <a href="/wiki/Vermilion" title="Vermilion">Vermilion</a> buffer beams and buff footplate interior.</li> <li>Goods classes – unlined Indian red. Older engines painted black until 1859.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1866–1872 (Joseph Hamilton Beattie)</dt></dl> <ul><li>All engines dark <a href="/wiki/Chocolate_(color)" title="Chocolate (color)">chocolate brown</a> with 1-inch (25 mm) black bands edged internally in white and externally by vermilion. Tender sides divided into three panels.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1872–1878 (William George Beattie)</dt></dl> <ul><li>Paler chocolate (known as purple brown) with the same lining. From 1874 the white lining was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Yellow_ochre" class="mw-redirect" title="Yellow ochre">yellow ochre</a> and the vermilion by <a href="/wiki/Crimson" title="Crimson">crimson</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1878–1885 (William Adams)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Umber" title="Umber">Umber</a> brown with a 1-inch (25 mm) black band externally and bright green line internally. Boiler bands black with white edging. <a href="/wiki/Buffer_beam" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffer beam">Buffer beams</a> vermilion. Smokebox, chimney, frames etc. black.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1885–1895 (William Adams)</dt></dl> <ul><li>Passenger classes – <a href="/wiki/Pea_green" class="mw-redirect" title="Pea green">pea green</a> with black borders edged with a fine white line. Boiler bands black with a fine white line to either side.</li> <li>Goods classes – <a href="/wiki/Holly" title="Holly">holly</a> green with black borders edged by a fine bright green line.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1895–1914 (Dugald Drummond)</dt></dl> <ul><li>Passenger classes – royal <a href="/wiki/Mint_(color)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mint (color)">mint green</a> lined in chocolate, triple lined in white, black and white. Boiler bands black lined in white with 3-inch (76 mm) 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 vermilion and cab interiors grained pine.</li> <li>Goods classes – holly green edged in black and lined in light green. Boiler bands black edged in light green.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1914–1917 (Robert Urie)</dt></dl> <ul><li>Passenger classes – <a href="/wiki/Olive_green" class="mw-redirect" title="Olive green">olive green</a> with Drummond lining.</li> <li>Goods classes – holly green with black edging and white lining.</li></ul> <dl><dt>1917–1922 (Robert Urie)</dt></dl> <ul><li>Passenger classes – olive green with a black border and white edging.</li> <li>Goods classes – holly green often without lining until 1918.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents_and_incidents">Accidents and incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Accidents and incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>On 11 September 1880, a <a href="/wiki/Light_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Light engine">light engine</a> was waiting at Nine Elms Locomotive Junction on the Down Main Line; it was to move into the locomotive depot. Seven persons were killed. There was a changeover of signalling staff, and the engine was forgotten. A down passenger train was accepted by the signalman and the train ran into the light engine.<sup id="cite_ref-Nine-Elms-Accident_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nine-Elms-Accident-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 6 August 1888, a light engine and a passenger train were in a head-on collision at <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Wick_railway_station" title="Hampton Wick railway station">Hampton Wick</a> station. Four people were killed and fifteen were injured. The light engine was started away from Kingston by hand signal, and the signalman there had failed to set the points for the correct line; the engine was running on the wrong line.<sup id="cite_ref-h-wich-collision_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h-wich-collision-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Railway_Disaster_at_Salisbury,_1st_July,_1906.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Railway_Disaster_at_Salisbury%2C_1st_July%2C_1906.png/220px-Railway_Disaster_at_Salisbury%2C_1st_July%2C_1906.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Railway_Disaster_at_Salisbury%2C_1st_July%2C_1906.png/330px-Railway_Disaster_at_Salisbury%2C_1st_July%2C_1906.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Railway_Disaster_at_Salisbury%2C_1st_July%2C_1906.png/440px-Railway_Disaster_at_Salisbury%2C_1st_July%2C_1906.png 2x" data-file-width="622" data-file-height="404" /></a><figcaption>Salisbury</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1906_Salisbury_rail_crash" title="1906 Salisbury rail crash">1906 Salisbury rail crash</a></div> On 1 July 1906, an Up <a href="#Ocean_liner_services_and_sleeping_cars">Boat Train Express</a> passenger train was derailed at <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_railway_station" title="Salisbury railway station">Salisbury</a> due to excessive speed on a curve. A 30 mph (48 km/h) speed restriction applied to the curve at the east end of the station. Twenty-eight persons were killed and eleven were injured. The driver appeared not to react to the proximity of the speed restriction, yet he was a total abstainer and there were no other explanatory factors, either human or mechanical.<sup id="cite_ref-salisbury-crash_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-salisbury-crash-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 4 June 1913, near <a href="/wiki/Earlsfield_railway_station" title="Earlsfield railway station">Earlsfield</a> on the L&SWR, relaying foreman, George Collins was measuring rails between the running lines when around 11.25 am Collins was struck by an approaching express train on the fast line, and sustained fatal injuries. <sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_details">Other details</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Other details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Disregarding the Waterloo & City line, the longest tunnel is <a href="/wiki/Honiton" title="Honiton">Honiton</a> Tunnel 1,353 yards (1,237 m); there were six others longer than 500 yards (457 m)</li> <li>The anglicised script version of the Russian word for railway station is 'vokzal'. A longstanding legend has it that a party from <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> planning their own railway system arrived in London around the time that the LSWR'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 <a href="/wiki/Vauxhall" title="Vauxhall">Vauxhall</a> article.)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-RYB-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RYB_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RYB_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The Railway Year Book for 1920</i>. London: The Railway Publishing Company Limited. 1920. p. 183.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Railway+Year+Book+for+1920&rft.place=London&rft.pages=183&rft.pub=The+Railway+Publishing+Company+Limited&rft.date=1920&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-williams1-36-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-williams1-36_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-williams1-36_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliams1968">Williams 1968</a>, p. 36</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-williams1-40-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-williams1-40_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliams1968">Williams 1968</a>, p. 40</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-williams1-38-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-williams1-38_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliams1968">Williams 1968</a>, p. 38</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-williams1-51-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-williams1-51_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliams1968">Williams 1968</a>, pp. 51–53</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gary-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gary_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">David Gary, <i>Going Over the Water: Memories of the Gosport Ferry</i>, Chaplin Books, Gosport, 2017, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-911105-25-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-911105-25-1">978-1-911105-25-1</a>, section 1</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-williams1-121-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-williams1-121_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-williams1-121_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-williams1-121_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliams1968">Williams 1968</a>, pp. 121–123</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-course11-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-course11_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Edwin Course, <i>Gosport's Most Private Station</i>, Gosport Records No 5, pages 11 to 17, 1972, The Gosport Society</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-keat-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-keat_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Peter J Keat, <i>Rails to the Yards</i>, Gosport Railway Society, 1992 fourth impression 2012, <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number" title="Amazon Standard Identification Number">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-0468-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-0468-X">0-7134-0468-X</a>, pages 50 and 51</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-williams36-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-williams36_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliams1968">Williams 1968</a>, pp. 36, 167, 168, 222 and 223</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1999b42-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1999b42_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJackson1999b">Jackson 1999b</a>, p. 42.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-south49-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-south49_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Raymond South, <i>Crown, College and Railways: How the Railways Came to Windsor</i>, Barracuda Books 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id="cite_note-corkscrew1-38-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-corkscrew1-38_70-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Castleman's Corkscrew, volume 1, page 38</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-corkscrew1-36-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-corkscrew1-36_71-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Castleman's Corkscrew, volume 1, page 36</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-corkscrew1-54-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-corkscrew1-54_72-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Castleman's corkscrew, volume 1, page 54</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bosham-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bosham_73-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Bosham, <i>The London and South Western Railway's Route to Weymouth</i>, in the Railway Magazine, March 1903, pages 219 to 229</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-corkscrew1-74-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-corkscrew1-74_74-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Castleman's Corkscrew, volume 1, page 74</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-maggs-dorset17-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-maggs-dorset17_75-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Colin G Maggs, <i>Dorset Railways</i>, Dorset Books, Wellington, 2009, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-871164-66-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-871164-66-4">978-1-871164-66-4</a>, page 17</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fawley-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fawley_76-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFaulknerWilliams1988">Faulkner & Williams 1988</a>, pp. 135–136</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-waterside-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-waterside_77-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Waterside Reopening Proposal at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/wessex/the-waterside-line/">https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/wessex/the-waterside-line/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-corkscrew1-127-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-corkscrew1-127_78-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">B L Jackson, <i>Castleman's Corkscrew: volume 1: the Nineteenth Century</i>, Oakwood Press, Usk, 2007, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85361-666-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85361-666-5">978-0-85361-666-5</a>, page 127</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-corkscrew1-133-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-corkscrew1-133_79-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, Corkscrew, volume 1, page 133</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson200890–91-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson200890–91_80-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJackson2008">Jackson 2008</a>, pp. 90–91.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gillham118-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gillham118_81-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGillham2001">Gillham 2001</a>, p. 118</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lymington-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-lymington_82-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Peter Paye, <i>The Lymington Branch</i>, Oakwood Press, Tarrant Hinton, 1979, pages 7, 9, 11 and 12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-maggs45-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-maggs45_83-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Colin G Maggs, <i>Dorset Railways</i>, Dorset Books, Wellington, 2009, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-871164-66-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-871164-66-4">978-1-871164-66-4</a>, pages 45 to 49</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-portland25-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-portland25_84-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">B L Jackson, <i>Isle of Portland Railways: volume 2: the Weymouth and Portland Railway, the Easton and Church Hope Railway</i>, Oakwood Press, Usk, 2000, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85361-551-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-85361-551-9">0-85361-551-9</a>, pages 25 to 27</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-portland57-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-portland57_85-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, Isle of Portland, volume 2, pages 57 to 61</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-portland207-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-portland207_86-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, Portland Lines, volume 2, pages 207, 209 and 218</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHistoric_England1242134" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Historic_England" title="Historic England">Historic England</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1242134?section=official-list-entry">"Former GWR station (Grade II) (1242134)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/National_Heritage_List_for_England" title="National Heritage List for England">National Heritage List for England</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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p. 55.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1987Historical_background-90"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1987Historical_background_90-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMitchellSmith1987">Mitchell & Smith 1987</a>, Historical background.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillips2000111-91"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillips2000111_91-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPhillips2000">Phillips 2000</a>, p. 111.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1992Historical_background-92"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1992Historical_background_92-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1992Historical_background_92-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1992Historical_background_92-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMitchellSmith1992">Mitchell & Smith 1992</a>, Historical background.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtthill198555–59-93"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtthill198555–59_93-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAtthill1985">Atthill 1985</a>, pp. 55–59.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964b96–99-94"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964b96–99_94-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMacDermotClinker1964b">MacDermot & Clinker 1964b</a>, pp. 96–99.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtthill198541–45,_70-95"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtthill198541–45,_70_95-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAtthill1985">Atthill 1985</a>, pp. 41–45, 70.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtthill1985152-96"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtthill1985152_96-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAtthill1985">Atthill 1985</a>, p. 152.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964b81-97"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964b81_97-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMacDermotClinker1964b">MacDermot & Clinker 1964b</a>, p. 81.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964a92-98"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964a92_98-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMacDermotClinker1964a">MacDermot & Clinker 1964a</a>, p. 92.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964a156-99"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacDermotClinker1964a156_99-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMacDermotClinker1964a">MacDermot & Clinker 1964a</a>, p. 156.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaulknerWilliams1988162–4,_173-100"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaulknerWilliams1988162–4,_173_100-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFaulknerWilliams1988">Faulkner & Williams 1988</a>, pp. 162–4, 173.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeddell2001142,_145,_217-101"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeddell2001142,_145,_217_101-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWeddell2001">Weddell 2001</a>, pp. 142, 145, 217.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERoltKichenside1982166-102"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoltKichenside1982166_102-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRoltKichenside1982">Rolt & Kichenside 1982</a>, p. 166.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-marden10-103"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-marden10_103-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dave Marden, <i>The Building of Southampton Docks</i>, Derby Books Publishing Company, Derby, 2012, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-78091-062-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-78091-062-8">978-1-78091-062-8</a>, page 10</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-roussel9-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-roussel9_104-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-roussel9_104-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Mike Roussel, <i>The story of Southampton Docks</i>, Breydon Books Publishing Company, Derby, 2009, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85983-707-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85983-707-8">978-1-85983-707-8</a>, page 9 and 10</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-marden21-105"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-marden21_105-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Marden, pages 21 to 26</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-marden32-106"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-marden32_106-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-marden32_106-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Marden, pages 32, 33 and 37</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-marden73-107"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-marden73_107-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Marden, page 73</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-marden75-108"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-marden75_108-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Marden pages 75 and 103</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-roussel35-109"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-roussel35_109-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Roussel, pages 35 and 36</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-marden176-110"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-marden176_110-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-marden176_110-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-marden176_110-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Marden, pages 176 to 181</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEEllis1956Appendix_B-111"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEllis1956Appendix_B_111-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEllis1956Appendix_B_111-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEllis1956Appendix_B_111-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFEllis1956">Ellis 1956</a>, Appendix B.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams1973302–303-112"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams1973302–303_112-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliams1973">Williams 1973</a>, pp. 302–303.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarshall1978213-113"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarshall1978213_113-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMarshall1978">Marshall 1978</a>, p. 213.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams196821-114"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams196821_114-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliams1968">Williams 1968</a>, p. 21.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams196829–31-115"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams196829–31_115-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams196829–31_115-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliams1968">Williams 1968</a>, pp. 29–31.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams196877-116"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams196877_116-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams196877_116-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliams1968">Williams 1968</a>, p. 77.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarshall197889–90-117"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarshall197889–90_117-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMarshall1978">Marshall 1978</a>, pp. 89–90.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nine-Elms-Accident-118"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Nine-Elms-Accident_118-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">F A Marindin, <i>Collision which occurred on 11th September 1880 at the Locomotive Junction, Nine Elms</i>, Board of Trade, 13 October 1880</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-h-wich-collision-119"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-h-wich-collision_119-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mahor F A Marindin, <i>Collision at Hampton Wick on 6th August 1888</i>, Board of Trade, 31 August 1888</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-salisbury-crash-120"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-salisbury-crash_120-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">J W Pringle, <i>Accident to a Passenger Train at Salisbury on 1st July 1906</i>, Board of Trade</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-121"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-121">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEsbester2017" class="citation web cs1">Esbester, Mike (18 September 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/hidden-traumas/">"Hidden traumas"</a>. <i>Railway Work, Life & Death</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 May</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Railway+Work%2C+Life+%26+Death&rft.atitle=Hidden+traumas&rft.date=2017-09-18&rft.aulast=Esbester&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk%2Fhidden-traumas%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAtthill1985" class="citation book cs1">Atthill, Robin (1985). <i>The Somerset and Dorset Railway</i> (2nd ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7153-8692-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7153-8692-1"><bdi>0-7153-8692-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Somerset+and+Dorset+Railway&rft.place=Newton+Abbot&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=0-7153-8692-1&rft.aulast=Atthill&rft.aufirst=Robin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCourse1976" class="citation book cs1">Course, Course (1976). <i>The Railways of Southern England: Independent and Light Railways</i>. 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Midhurst: Middleton Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-90-652085-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-90-652085-7"><bdi>978-0-90-652085-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=South+Eastern+Railway&rft.place=Midhurst&rft.pub=Middleton+Press&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=978-0-90-652085-7&rft.aulast=Gray&rft.aufirst=Adrian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHardingham1995" class="citation book cs1">Hardingham, Roger (1995). <i>The Mid Hants Railway: From construction to closure</i>. Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1870754293" title="Special:BookSources/978-1870754293"><bdi>978-1870754293</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Mid+Hants+Railway%3A+From+construction+to+closure&rft.place=Cheltenham&rft.pub=Runpast+Publishing&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-1870754293&rft.aulast=Hardingham&rft.aufirst=Roger&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJackson1999a" class="citation book cs1">Jackson, Alan A. (1999a). <i>London's Local Railways</i> (2nd ed.). 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Stroud: Amberley Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-8486-8343-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-8486-8343-3"><bdi>978-1-8486-8343-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Branch+Lines+of+Hampshire&rft.place=Stroud&rft.pub=Amberley+Books&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1-8486-8343-3&rft.aulast=Maggs&rft.aufirst=Colin+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarden2011" class="citation book cs1">Marden, Dave (2011). <i>The Hidden Railways of Portsmouth and Gosport</i>. 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Dawlish: David Charles.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+History+of+a+Railway%3A+The+Salisbury+and+Yeovil+Railway%3A+A+Centenary+Reprint&rft.place=Dawlish&rft.pub=David+Charles&rft.date=1960&rft.aulast=Ruegg&rft.aufirst=Louis+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThomas1988" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/David_St_John_Thomas" title="David St John Thomas">Thomas, David St John</a> (1988). <i>A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 1: The West Country</i> (6th ed.). Newton Abbot: <a href="/wiki/David_%26_Charles" title="David & Charles">David & Charles</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-946537-17-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-946537-17-8"><bdi>0-946537-17-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Regional+History+of+the+Railways+of+Great+Britain%3A+Volume+1%3A+The+West+Country&rft.place=Newton+Abbot&rft.edition=6th&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-946537-17-8&rft.aulast=Thomas&rft.aufirst=David+St+John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeddell2001" class="citation book cs1">Weddell, G.R. (March 2001). <i>LSWR Carriages in the 20th Century</i>. Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86093-555-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-86093-555-8"><bdi>0-86093-555-8</bdi></a>. 0103/A1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=LSWR+Carriages+in+the+20th+Century&rft.place=Hersham&rft.pub=Oxford+Publishing+Co&rft.date=2001-03&rft.isbn=0-86093-555-8&rft.aulast=Weddell&rft.aufirst=G.R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhite1987" class="citation book cs1">White, H. P. (1987). <i>A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: volume 3: Greater London</i> (3rd ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-946537-39-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-946537-39-9"><bdi>0-946537-39-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Regional+History+of+the+Railways+of+Great+Britain%3A+volume+3%3A+Greater+London&rft.place=Newton+Abbot&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=0-946537-39-9&rft.aulast=White&rft.aufirst=H.+P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliams1968" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Williams, R. A. (1968). <i>The London & South Western Railway</i>. Vol. 1: The Formative Years. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7153-4188-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7153-4188-X"><bdi>0-7153-4188-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+London+%26+South+Western+Railway&rft.place=Newton+Abbot&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1968&rft.isbn=0-7153-4188-X&rft.aulast=Williams&rft.aufirst=R.+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliams1973" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Williams, R. A. (1973). <i>The London & South Western Railway</i>. Vol. 2: Growth and Consolidation. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7153-5940-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7153-5940-1"><bdi>0-7153-5940-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+London+%26+South+Western+Railway&rft.place=Newton+Abbot&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1973&rft.isbn=0-7153-5940-1&rft.aulast=Williams&rft.aufirst=R.+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDendy-Marshall1968" class="citation book cs1">Dendy-Marshall, C. F. (1968). Kidner, R.W. (ed.). <i>A history of the Southern Railway</i>. London: Ian Allan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7110-0059-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7110-0059-X"><bdi>0-7110-0059-X</bdi></a>. new ed.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+history+of+the+Southern+Railway&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft.date=1968&rft.isbn=0-7110-0059-X&rft.aulast=Dendy-Marshall&rft.aufirst=C.+F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNock1971" class="citation book cs1">Nock, O. S. (1971). <i>The London & South Western Railway</i>. Ian Allan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7110-0267-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7110-0267-3"><bdi>0-7110-0267-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+London+%26+South+Western+Railway&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft.date=1971&rft.isbn=0-7110-0267-3&rft.aulast=Nock&rft.aufirst=O.+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhishaw1842" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Whishaw" title="Francis Whishaw">Whishaw, Francis</a> (1842). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/railwaysgreatbr00whisgoog"><i>The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland Practically Described and Illustrated</i></a> (2nd ed.). London: John Weale. pp. 292–301. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/833076248">833076248</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Railways+of+Great+Britain+and+Ireland+Practically+Described+and+Illustrated&rft.place=London&rft.pages=292-301&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=John+Weale&rft.date=1842&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F833076248&rft.aulast=Whishaw&rft.aufirst=Francis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Frailwaysgreatbr00whisgoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALondon+and+South+Western+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=London_and_South_Western_Railway&action=edit&section=60" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandra_(Newport_and_South_Wales)_Docks_and_Railway" title="Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway">Alexandra Docks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Railway_Company" title="Barry Railway Company">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambrian_Railways" title="Cambrian Railways">Cambrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Railway" title="Cardiff Railway">Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhymney_Railway" title="Rhymney Railway">Rhymney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taff_Vale_Railway" title="Taff Vale Railway">Taff Vale</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_constituents_of_the_Great_Western_Railway" title="List of constituents of the Great Western Railway">Full list</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="London and North Eastern Railway">LNER</abbr> constituents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Railway" title="Great Central Railway">Great Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Eastern_Railway" title="Great Eastern Railway">Great Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)" title="Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)">Great Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway" title="Great North of Scotland Railway">Great North of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_and_Barnsley_Railway" title="Hull and Barnsley Railway">Hull & Barnsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_British_Railway" title="North British Railway">North British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Railway_(United_Kingdom)" title="North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)">North Eastern</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_constituents_of_the_London_and_North_Eastern_Railway" title="List of constituents of the London and North Eastern Railway">Full list</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="London, Midland and Scottish Railway">LMS</abbr> constituents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caledonian_Railway" title="Caledonian Railway">Caledonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Furness_Railway" title="Furness Railway">Furness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_and_South_Western_Railway" title="Glasgow and South Western Railway">Glasgow & South Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Railway" title="Highland Railway">Highland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_and_Yorkshire_Railway" title="Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway">Lancashire & Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_and_North_Western_Railway" title="London and North Western Railway">London & North Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_Railway" title="Midland Railway">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Staffordshire_Railway" title="North Staffordshire Railway">North Staffordshire</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_constituents_of_the_London,_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway" title="List of constituents of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway">Full list</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Southern Railway">SR</abbr> constituents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">London & South Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London,_Brighton_and_South_Coast_Railway" title="London, Brighton and South Coast Railway">London, Brighton & South Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London,_Chatham_and_Dover_Railway" title="London, Chatham and Dover Railway">London, Chatham and Dover Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_and_Chatham_Railway" title="South Eastern and Chatham Railway">South Eastern and Chatham Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Railway_(England)" title="South Eastern Railway (England)">South Eastern Railway</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_constituents_of_the_Southern_Railway" title="List of constituents of the Southern Railway">Full list</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Great_Britain_1923%E2%80%931947" title="History of rail transport in Great Britain 1923–1947">History of rail transport in Great Britain 1923–1947</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_railway_companies_involved_in_the_1923_grouping" title="List of railway companies involved in the 1923 grouping">List of 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Gooch</a> 1841–1850</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Eagle_class_(1843)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Eagle class (1843) (page does not exist)"><i>Eagle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Bison_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Bison class (page does not exist)"><i>Bison</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Mazeppa_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Mazeppa class (page does not exist)"><i>Mazeppa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Vesuvius_class_(1849)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Vesuvius class (1849) (page does not exist)"><i>Vesuvius</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:palegreen"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hamilton_Beattie" title="Joseph Hamilton Beattie">J.H. Beattie</a> 1850–1871</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Hercules_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Hercules class (page does not exist)"><i>Hercules</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_Tartar_class" class="mw-redirect" title="LSWR Tartar class"><i>Tartar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_Sussex_class" class="mw-redirect" title="LSWR Sussex class"><i>Sussex</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Canute_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Canute class (page does not exist)"><i>Canute</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Saxon_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Saxon class (page does not exist)"><i>Saxon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_Chaplin_class" class="mw-redirect" title="LSWR Chaplin class"><i>Chaplin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_Minerva_class" class="mw-redirect" title="LSWR Minerva class"><i>Minerva</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_Nelson_class" class="mw-redirect" title="LSWR Nelson class"><i>Nelson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_Nile_class" class="mw-redirect" title="LSWR Nile class"><i>Nile</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Tweed_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Tweed class (page does not exist)"><i>Tweed</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Undine_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Undine class (page does not exist)"><i>Undine</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Clyde_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Clyde class (page does not exist)"><i>Clyde</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Gem_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Gem class (page does not exist)"><i>Gem</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Eagle_class_(1862)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Eagle class (1862) (page does not exist)"><i>Eagle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Falcon_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Falcon class (page does not exist)"><i>Falcon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_0298_Class" title="LSWR 0298 Class">Standard 2-4-0WT</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Lion_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Lion class (page does not exist)"><i>Lion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Volcano_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Volcano class (page does not exist)"><i>Volcano</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_221_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR 221 class (page does not exist)">221</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_231_class&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR 231 class (page does not exist)">231</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LSWR_Vesuvius_class_(1869)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LSWR Vesuvius class (1869) (page does not exist)"><i>Vesuvius</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:palegreen"><a href="/wiki/William_George_Beattie" title="William George Beattie">W.G. Beattie</a> 1871–1878</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_273_class" title="LSWR 273 class">273</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_282_class" title="LSWR 282 class">282</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_302_class" title="LSWR 302 class">302</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_318_class" title="LSWR 318 class">318</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_330_class" title="LSWR 330 class">330</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_348_class" title="LSWR 348 class">348</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:palegreen"><a href="/wiki/William_Adams_(locomotive_engineer)" title="William Adams (locomotive engineer)">W. Adams</a> 1878–1895</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_380_class" title="LSWR 380 class">380</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_135_class" title="LSWR 135 class">135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_395_class" title="LSWR 395 class">395</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_46_class" title="LSWR 46 class">46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_415_class" title="LSWR 415 class">415</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_445_class" title="LSWR 445 class">445</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_460_class" title="LSWR 460 class">460</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_A12_class" title="LSWR A12 class">A12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_T1_class" title="LSWR T1 class">T1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_O2_class" title="LSWR O2 class">O2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_X2_class" title="LSWR X2 class">X2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_B4_class" title="LSWR B4 class">B4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_T3_class" title="LSWR T3 class">T3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_G6_class" title="LSWR G6 class">G6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_T6_class" title="LSWR T6 class">T6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_X6_class" title="LSWR X6 class">X6</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:palegreen"><a href="/wiki/Dugald_Drummond" title="Dugald Drummond">D. Drummond</a> 1895–1912</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_T7_class" title="LSWR T7 class">T7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_M7_class" title="LSWR M7 class">M7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_700_class" title="LSWR 700 class">700</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_C8_class" title="LSWR C8 class">C8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_F9_class" title="LSWR F9 class">F9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_T9_class" title="LSWR T9 class">T9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_T7_class" title="LSWR T7 class">E10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_K10_class" title="LSWR K10 class">K10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_K11_class" class="mw-redirect" title="LSWR K11 class">K11 (railcar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_L11_class" title="LSWR L11 class">L11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_S11_class" title="LSWR S11 class">S11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_H12_class" class="mw-redirect" title="LSWR H12 class">H12 (railcar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_L12_class" title="LSWR L12 class">L12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_F13_class" title="LSWR F13 class">F13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_H13_class" class="mw-redirect" title="LSWR H13 class">H13 (railcar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_C14_class" title="LSWR C14 class">C14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_E14_class" title="LSWR E14 class">E14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_G14_class" title="LSWR G14 class">G14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_P14_class" title="LSWR P14 class">P14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_C14_class" title="LSWR C14 class">S14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_T14_class" title="LSWR T14 class">T14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LSWR_D15_class" title="LSWR D15 class">D15</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:palegreen"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Urie" title="Robert Urie">R. 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