Southern Railway (UK)

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Southern Railway (UK) was a major British railway company formed in 1923 that operated routes in southern England, including busy commuter and coastal lines, until nationalisation in 1948.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former company
railway company
chairman Sir Herbert Walker
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1948
electrification system 750 V DC third rail
fate nationalisation
formed by Railways Act 1921
headquarters location London
linked to: London, England
inception 1923
industry rail transport
known for extensive third-rail electrification
main hub Blackfriars station
Holborn Viaduct station
London Bridge station
London Cannon Street station
London Charing Cross station
London Victoria station
London Waterloo station
nationalised into British Railways
linked to: British Rail
operated coastal rail services
commuter rail services
operated in southern England
operated line Brighton Main Line
Central Section (former LB&SCR network)
Chatham Main Line
Eastern Section (former SE&CR network)
Kent Coast lines
linked to: Kent Coast Line

Portsmouth Direct Line
South Western Main Line
Waterloo to Exeter route
Western Section (former LSWR network)
operating period interwar period
owned Southern Railway electric multiple units
Southern Railway steam locomotives
part of Big Four railway companies (UK)
predecessor London and South Western Railway
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
South Eastern and Chatham Railway
region after nationalisation Southern Region of British Railways
served area Cornwall
Devon
Dorset
Hampshire
Kent
Surrey
Sussex
served city Bournemouth
Brighton
Exeter
London
linked to: London, England

Portsmouth
Southampton
successor British Railways Southern Region

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London, Midland and Scottish Railway competitor Southern Railway (UK)
British Rail predecessor Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Transport Act 1947 abolishedEntities Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Waterloo & City line laterOperator Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Hayes railway station (Bromley) postGroupingCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Hayes line historicalOperator Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Ewell West railway station formerOperator Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
South West Main Line historicalOperator Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Bagshot railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Railways Act 1921 createdEntity Southern Railway (UK)
Big Four (British railway companies) consistsOf Southern Railway (UK)
Big Four (British railway companies) hasPart Southern Railway (UK)
LMS concurrentWith Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Brentford railway station formerCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Epsom Downs railway station formerOperator Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Havant railway station formerCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Alton Line historicalOperator Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Basingstoke railway station formerCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Guildford railway station formerOperator Southern Railway (UK) historical company
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
London and South Western Railway successor Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Reigate railway station laterCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Tattenham Corner railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Portsmouth Harbour railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Brighton Main Line laterOperator Southern Railway (UK, historical)
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Portsmouth Direct Line historicalOperator Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Redhill railway station laterCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Frant railway station postGroupingOperator Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Godalming railway station postgroupCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Walton-on-Thames railway station laterCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Tunbridge Wells Central railwayCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Caterham railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
South Eastern Railway laterPartOf Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Tonbridge–Hastings railway historicalOperator Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Dorking West railway station laterOperator Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Oxted line historicalOperator Southern Railway (UK, pre‑nationalisation)
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Banstead railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Oxted railway station formerOperator Southern Railway (historical)
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Chertsey railway station hasFormerRailwayCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Sunbury railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Dover Priory railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Cranleigh railway station operatedBy Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Cranleigh railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Barnstaple railway station hasRailwayCompanyPostGrouping Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Isleworth railway station postgroupOperator Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Windsor & Eton Riverside railway station hasFormerOperator Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Clapham Junction railway station formerOperator Southern Railway (historical)
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
South Eastern Main Line successorOperator Southern Railway (UK, pre‑1948)
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Chatham Main Line historicalOperator Southern Railway (UK)
Shepperton railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)
Waterloo East laterRailwayCompany Southern Railway
linked to: Southern Railway (UK)