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London and South Western Railway

Railroad NameLondon and South Western Railway
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Map CaptionDiagram of the LSWR system in 1922
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The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Its network extended from London to Plymouth via Salisbury and Exeter, with branches to Ilfracombe and Padstow and via Southampton to Bournemouth and Weymouth. It also had many routes connecting towns in Hampshire and Berkshire, including Portsmouth and Reading. In the grouping of railways in 1923 the L&SWR became part of the Southern Railway.

Among significant achievements of the L&SWR were the electrification of suburban lines, the introduction of power signalling, the development of Southampton Docks, the rebuilding of Waterloo Station as one of the great stations of the world, and the handling of the massive traffic involved in the First World War.

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Evening Standard--The second was more involved, sculpting hills and mounds to the -west- of the park, and making the diagonal connection between Vauxhall Tube and Tyers Street, marked at the -south---western- entrance by the new columns. The east side of - Date : Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:51:25 GMT
Stoke Gifford rail depot plan opposed by more than 550 people - BBC News Tweet this news
BBC News--The plan to electrify the route between -London-, Bristol and Cardiff was confirmed by the government in March. The scheme will cost £1bn and the proposed new depot would service trains using the line. -South- Gloucestershire Council said the d - Date : Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:31:39 GMT
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Bracknell News---South West- Trains passengers can use First Great -Western- services between Slough and Windsor, between Reading and Wokingham and between Reading and -London- Paddington. Passengers can find alternative routes by using the National Rail - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:08:26 GMT+00:00
Rail link-up could stimulate Swindon economy - Insider Media Tweet this news
Insider Media--The redoubling will connect Cheltenham and Gloucester with Swindon and the core Great -Western- Main Line -Railway- onto -London-. It will also assist the electrification of the Great -Western- Main Line to Cardiff. Prosser said: “The red - Date : Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:58:25 GMT+00:00
THE fight to modernise the railway line all the way to Swansea has gone online. - South Wales Evening Post Tweet this news
South Wales Evening Post--It is about creating an efficient, modern, environmentally friendly and sustainable -railway- that will most effectively serve the needs of the people and economy of -South West- Wales. What those in Westminster need to understan - Date : Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:15:39 GMT+00:00
£1 billion main Line upgrade will cut journey times - Wokingham Times Tweet this news
Wokingham Times--The -railway- line linking the borough with -London- and the -west- is to be electrified as part of a £1 billion investment. Although the move will save commuters more than 20 minutes on the journey from -London- to -South- Wales, people - Date : Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:44:50 GMT+00:00
Work to begin on China-Burma rail link - Democratic Voice of Burma Tweet this news
Democratic Voice of Burma--The -railway- connecting China's -southwestern- provinces to Burma and on to other Southeast Asian countries is another plank in its ambitious international infrastructure projects, which have even included talk of rail lin - Date : Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:19:03 GMT+00:00
Business leaders back electric railway demand - WalesOnline Tweet this news
WalesOnline--Another signatory, Dan Langford, Acorn Group's marketing and communications director, said: “If the electrification of the -South- Wales main line succeeds in speeding up rail traffic and the vital links across -South- and -West- Wales - Date : Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:11:29 GMT+00:00
Looking Back: From the Archives: January 21, 1910 - Hounslow Chronicle Tweet this news
Hounslow Chronicle---...- interest in the promotion of the club. abode, was charged at Brentford Police Court with travelling on the -London and South Western Railway- between Vauxhall and Staines without previously paying for her fare and with the intent - Date : Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:34:41 GMT+00:00

Locomotive engineers, works and corporate liveries : Locomotive liveries
Ship Launched Tonnage (GRT) Notes
  1900 1,236 Sold in 1930 to Greece.
  1857 635 Purchased in 1869 from the Caledonian Railway, hulked in 1887.
  1855 400 Scrapped in 1900.
  1894 1,145 Sold in 1912 to Eastern Shipping Co Ltd.
  1915 1,092 Ex- , purchased in 1919 and renamed Ardena. Sold in 1934 to Greece.
  1864 Scrapped in 1900
  1910 618 Purchased from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1912. Renamed Aldershot in 1933. Sold in 1936 to Italy, renamed Hercules.
  1910 1,505 Sold in 1928 to Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, renamed Manx Maid.
  1873 Scrapped in 1930
  1894 1,178 Sold in 1912 to Spain, renamed Sitges.
  1847 255 Scrapped in 1885.
  1876 745 Wrecked at St Malo in 1895.
  1889 813 Sold in 1901 to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. Renamed Douglas, the third IoMSPCo ship to bear that name.
  1881 820 Sold in 1913 to the Shipping Federation.
  1847 256 Wrecked in 1859.
  1859 635 Purchased in 1869 from the Caledonian Railway. Scrapped in 1880.
  1890 1,059 Sold in 1911 to Turkey, renamed Neylofer.
  1874 Wrecked in 1915 off French coast.
  1912 1,560 Scrapped in 1952.
  1856 372 Wrecked in 1875.
  1882 820 Wrecked in 1905 near St Malo with the loss of 105 lives.
  1874 Sold in 1911.
  1885 641 Sold to the Bahamas in 1927 and renamed City of Nassau.
  1918 1,504 Bombed at Dunkirk in 1940.
  1890 1,059 Sold in 1920 to T Sales Ltd.
  1910 618 Purchased in 1912 from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. Torpedoed on 25 January 1918 and sunk off Cape La Hague.
  1911 1,567 Bombed and sunk at Dunkirk in 1940.
  1906 1,198 Requisitioned in 1915 and converted to a Q-ship. Returned postwar. Caught fire in 1935 off Jersey and wrecked.
  1910 1,498 Torpedoed in 1918 at Alexandria and sunk.
  1843 204 Sold in 1863.
  1874 657 Torpedoed and sunk in 1918 with the loss of 24 lives.
  1860 585 Sold in 1897 for scrap.
  1890 1,059 Wrecked in 1899 off the Channel Islands with the loss of over 100 lives.
  1898 1,136 Scrapped in 1933
  1896 709 Sold in 1919 to Turkey, later sold to Greek owners. Scrapped in 1937.
  1865 593 Purchased in 1868 from the North British Railway. Wrecked in 1873.
  1863 731 Purchased in 1871. Sold in 1896 for use as a hospital ship.
  1844 250 Scrapped in 1873.

Locomotive engineers, works and corporate liveries : Locomotive liveries
Ship Launched Tonnage (GRT) Notes
Duchess of Connaught 1884 342 Scrapped in 1910.
Duchess of Edinburgh 1884 342 Scrapped in 1910.
Duchess of Fife 1899 443 Scrapped in November 1929 at Bolnes.
Duchess of Kent 1897 399 Sold to New Medway Steam Packet Co Ltd in 1933 and renamed Clacton Queen. Sold to Mersey & Blackpool Steamship Co Ltd in November 1935 and renamed Jubilee Queen. Sold to Jubilee Shipping Co and then S B Kelly in July 1936. Scrapped in June 1937 at Barrow in Furness.
Duchess of Norfolk 1911 381 Requisitioned by Royal Navy in 1919 as  . Returned to owners in 1920. Sold in 1937 to Cosens & Co Ltd, renamed Embassy. Requisitioned by Royal Navy in 1939 as  . Returned to owners in 1945, renamed Embassy. Scrapped in 1967 at Boom, Belgium.
Duchess of Richmond 1910 354 Struck a mine on 28 June 1919 and sank.
Lymington 1882 204
Mayflower 1866 69 Purchased from the Solent Steamship Co Ltd in July 1884. Scrapped 1910
Princess Margaret 1893 260
Solent 1902 161
Victoria 1881 366 Scrapped in 1900 at Bolness.

The "Big Four" pre-nationalisation British railway companies

GWR constituentsGreat Western Railway * Cambrian Railways * Taff Vale Railway * Barry Railway * Rhymney Railway * (Full list)
LNER constituentsGreat Central * Great Eastern * Great Northern * Great North of Scotland * Hull & Barnsley * North British * North Eastern * (Full list)
LMS constituentsCaledonian * Furness * Glasgow & South Western * Highland * Lancashire & Yorkshire * London and North Western * Midland * North Staffordshire * (Full list)
SR constituentsLondon and South Western Railway * London, Brighton and South Coast Railway * South Eastern and Chatham Railway * South Eastern Railway * London, Chatham and Dover Railway * (Full list)



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