Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 .
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 ...
In 2009 Lord Adonis was appointed Secretary of State for Transport and, after a gap of more than a decade, electrification of the UK rail network was back on the agenda with Adonis announcing plans to electrify the Great Western Main Line from London as far as Swansea, as well as infill electrification schemes in the North West of England. The ...
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.
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 ...
Map of Cross Country network. The core Cross Country Route is between Bristol and York The route is well connected, and aside from its own alignment it uses parts of the South Wales Main Line , Midland Main Line , Swinton–Doncaster line , and the East Coast Main Line .
Network Rail covers 20,000 miles of track, and 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts. [79] They claim to run the world's largest third rail network. [80] In February 2004, an operations centre at Waterloo station in London was opened, which was operated jointly by Network Rail and South West Trains.
The area of operation was the former South Western division of Network SouthEast, and was also roughly that of the pre-1923 London & South Western Railway (excluding everything west of Exeter). As part of the privatisation of British Rail , SWT was taken over by Stagecoach .