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The South West Main Line [1] (SWML) is a 143-mile (230 km) major railway line between Waterloo station in central London and Weymouth on the south coast of England. A predominantly passenger line, it serves many commuter areas including south western suburbs of London and the conurbations based on Southampton and Bournemouth .
Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%: Date: 27 September 2017: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData.*Great Britain coastline and boundary data from Boundary-Line product.*Railway route and urban area data from Meridian 2 product. Author: File:South West Trains route map 2010.svg
South West Trains operated a fleet of Class 455 metro-style commuter trains on services from London Waterloo to Shepperton, Hampton Court, Woking, Guildford, Dorking and Chessington, as well as services on the Kingston and Hounslow loops and occasionally on Windsor line services.
South Western Railway (SWR; legal name First MTR South Western Trains Limited, [3]) is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup (70%) and MTR Corporation (30%) that operates the South Western franchise. On 20 August 2017, SWR took over South Western franchise operations from the previous franchisee South West Trains.
South West — Severn Beach line: Bristol to Severn Beach: 1840–1900: South West — South Wales Main Line: Swindon to Swansea: 1850–1903: South West, South Wales — St Ives Bay Line: St Erth to St Ives: 1877: South West — Tamar Valley Line: Plymouth to Gunnislake: 1890–1908: South West — Tarka Line: Exeter to Barnstaple: 1851–1854 ...
Map of South Western Railway zone (in Cyan) South Western Railway covers most of the railway lines in the state of Karnataka and Goa except the Konkan Railway line, parts of Sri Sathya Sai district and Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh, Krishnagiri district, parts of Dharmapuri district and Tirupathur district of Tamil Nadu and parts of Sangli district and Solapur district of Maharashtra.
The 2006 Network Rail South West Main Line Route Utilisation Strategy recommended building an extended section of double track from Chard Junction to Axminster, and a passing loop at Whimple. However, Network Rail's 2008 Route Plan [7] was silent on the Whimple loop. The Axminster Loop is centred on Axminster station, and does not extend to ...
The maximum permitted speed on the line is 70 mph (110 km/h) and passenger trains from Alton typically reach Brookwood on the South West Main Line in around 30-35 minutes. [ 3 ] At Pirbright Junction, a flyover allows trains heading from Alton towards London to pass over all four tracks of the South West Main Line. [ 5 ]