The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton...
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The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR (known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton)) was a railway company in...
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The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest...
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opening ceremony for the bridge. Waterloo was built by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR). It was not designed to be a terminus, but a stop on...
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South Western Railway (SWR; legal name First MTR South Western Trains Limited,) is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup (70%) and MTR...
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the core of the network built by the London and South Western Railway, today mostly operated by South Western Railway. Operating speeds on much of the line...
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Midland and South Western Junction Railway (M&SWJR) was an independent railway built to form a north–south link between the Midland Railway and the London and...
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City and South London Railway (C&SLR) was the first successful deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use...
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expansion and feuding with its neighbours; the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) in the west and the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR)...
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The Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) was a railway company in Scotland. It served a triangular area of south-west Scotland between Glasgow, Stranraer...
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electric traction on the London and South Western Railway surface network, and its successor the Western Section of the Southern Railway, in England. The LSWR...
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the London and South Western Railway in June 1839. Its original termini, at Nine Elms in London and at Southampton Docks, proved inconvenient and the...
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of the London and South Western Railway ran from Waterloo to Windsor via Richmond, with a loop via Hounslow. They started as the Richmond Railway, a simple...
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the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) but had its own branches from the main line at both London and Brookwood. Trains carried coffins and passengers...
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(197.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo. It was opened by the London and South Western Railway in 1860, on its London to Exeter line now known as...
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The Central London Railway (CLR), also known as the Twopenny Tube, was a deep-level, underground "tube" railway that opened in London in 1900. The CLR's...
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London and South Western Railway were formed of a line from Staines to Wokingham, and another from Ascot to Aldershot East Junction. The London and South...
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Exeter Railway, who used it for two years on a branch line. Railcars were built in the early 20th century for the London and South Western Railway (LSWR)...
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were the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) and the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SE&CR)...
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales...
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Wakelin v London and South Western Railway Co. (1886) was a case heard by the House of Lords regarding Personal Injury and Negligence. The case was between...
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North and South Western Junction Railway (a joint enterprise by the LNWR, Midland Railway and the NLR) from Willesden Junction to a London and South Western...
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the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) that grew to connect Bath (in north-east Somerset) and Bournemouth (then in Hampshire; now in south-east...
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The Southern Railway took a key role in expanding the 660 V DC third rail electrified network begun by the London & South Western Railway. As a result...
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(then referred to as narrow gauge) trains of the London and South Western Railway between Lydford and Plymouth: a third rail was provided, making a mixed...
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the London terminus of services provided by the Great Western Railway and its successors since 1838. Much of the main line station dates from 1854 and was...
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both the District line of the London Underground and the Mildmay line of the London Overground. South Western Railway services on the Waterloo to Reading...
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The London station group is a group of 18 railway stations served by the National Rail network in central London, England. The group contains all 14 terminal...
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miles (80 km) from Baker Street and the centre of London. The first deep-level tube line, the City and South London Railway, opened in 1890 with electric...
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The West London Railway was conceived to link the London and Birmingham Railway and the Great Western Railway with the Kensington Basin of the Kensington...
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