A History of Britain’s Railways
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London and South Western Railway This line is still open This line has its origins as the London and Southampton Railway. |
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| 1846, Branch to Richmond | |
| 1847, Dorchester | |
| 1847, Buys Bodmin & Wadebridge Rly | |
| 1848, Extended to Waterloo | |
| 1848, Salisbury | |
| 1849-56 Richmond extended to Windsor and Reading | |
| 1859, Portsmouth Direct line | |
| 1860, Exeter | |
| 1875, with Midland Railway gains control of Somerset and Dorset Railway | |
| 1876, Plymouth | |
| 1880, With the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway an extension to the Isle of Wight Railway was built from Ryde Esplanade to Ryde Pier Head to improve the handling of the ferry traffic from Portsmouth. | |
| 1885, Line build to new Guildford line via Cobham | |
| 1888, Bournemouth, not on orig line to Poole, had direct line from 1888 | |
| 1892, acquires southampton docks | |
| 1898, Waterloo and City electric tube opened (Underground) | |
| 1899, Padstow | |
| 1906, Bakerloo line opened (Underground) | |
| 1906, Salisbury accident ends racing for the coast. | |
| 1915, Electrification of suburban lines begins | |
| 1922 - 862 miles and 157 joint miles | |
| 1922, Marshalling yard at Feltham near Hounslow opd | |
| 1923, Grouped into the Southern Railway | |
| 1926, Hampstead line (Underground) |
Page created on 19/01/2001
Page last edited on: 24/03/2012
Contact: Ewan Crawford
