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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Generate an image of Southern Railway (UK) (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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Referenced by (230)

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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)