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The background map shows the coast of England and Wales and major urban areas. 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
SWR operates regular services on four mainline routes: [41] [42] The South West Main Line (SWML) runs between London (Waterloo station) and the town of Weymouth; the route passes through several large towns and cities, including Woking, Basingstoke, Winchester, Southampton, Bournemouth, Poole and Dorchester. South Western Railway operates ...
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.
At Salisbury, the Great Western Railway (GWR) line from Westbury and Bristol had its own terminus: the L&SWR continued the route southeast towards Southampton. This route is known nowadays as the Wessex Main Line. Between Salisbury and Exeter: Salisbury to Yeovil, opened 2 May 1859; Yeovil to Exeter, opened 19 July 1860; Branches:
Map of LSWR electrified routes in 1922. The LSWR had been slower than competing lines to plan electrification, [note 13] and it was the LB&SCR among the railways south of London that electrified some of its suburban lines, with the first opening on 1 December 1909. Street tramways and competing, electric railways, coupled with demographic ...
Map of LSWR electrified routes in 1922 In the early years of the twentieth century electric traction was adopted by a number of urban railways in the United States. The London and North Western Railway adopted a four-rail system and started operating electric trains to Richmond over the LSWR from Gunnersbury , and soon the Metropolitan District ...
The line was operated by the L&SWR from the outset, who leased it from the owning company in 1858 for 50% of the gross profits, before purchasing it outright in 1878. [3] There were now three competing routes to Reading: the GWR from Paddington at 36 miles; the LSWR from Waterloo at 43.5 miles and the SER from Charing Cross at 69 miles.
The bankrupt company now had only seven locomotives to operate its extended route, and in 1893 a director, Percy Mortimer, advanced the purchase price of a 4-4-0 tender engine, from Dübs; it became no. 9. It had 6-foot (1,829 mm) driving wheels, but at 69 long tons (70 t) with tender, it was damaging to the light track on the company's line.