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Reading–Basingstoke line

Index Reading–Basingstoke line

The Reading–Basingstoke line is a short railway link between the South Western Main Line and the Great Western Main Line, constructed by the Great Western Railway between 1846 and 1848. [1]

41 relations: Basingstoke railway station, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bramley railway station (Hampshire), Bramley Training Area, Brighton railway station, British Rail Class 150, British Rail Class 165, British Rail Class 166, British Rail Class 70 (diesel), Broad-gauge railway, CrossCountry, DB Cargo UK, Didcot Parkway railway station, Diesel multiple unit, Double-track railway, Dual gauge, Freightliner Group, Great Western main line, Great Western Railway, Great Western Railway (train operating company), Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Level crossing, London and South Western Railway, Madejski Stadium, National Rail, Network Rail, Network Rail Control Periods, Newbury railway station, Overhead line, Passenger rail terminology, Port of Southampton, Reading Green Park railway station, Reading railway station, South East England, South West Trains, South Western main line, Southampton, Standard-gauge railway, The Midlands, 21st-century modernisation of the Great Western main line.

Basingstoke railway station

Basingstoke railway station, in the town of Basingstoke in the county of Hampshire in England, is on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo, with local and fast services operated by South Western Railway.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Bournemouth

Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town on the south coast of England to the east of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, long.

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Bramley railway station (Hampshire)

Bramley railway station is a railway station on the Reading to Basingstoke Line in the village of Bramley, Hampshire, England.

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Bramley Training Area

Bramley Training Area is a British Army training camp, located south of the village of Bramley, Hampshire.

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Brighton railway station

Brighton railway station is the southern terminus of the Brighton Main Line in England, and the principal station serving the city of Brighton, East Sussex.

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British Rail Class 150

The British Rail Class 150 ''Sprinter'' diesel multiple-units (DMUs) were built by BREL York from 1984 to 1987. A total of 137 units were produced in three main subclasses, replacing many of the earlier first-generation "Heritage" DMUs.

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British Rail Class 165

The British Rail Class 165 Turbo is a fleet of suburban diesel multiple units (DMUs), originally specified by and built for the British Rail Thames and Chiltern Division of Network SouthEast.

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British Rail Class 166

The British Rail Class 166 Turbo Express is a fleet of diesel multiple units (DMUs), originally specified by and built for British Rail, the then United Kingdom state owned railway operator.

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British Rail Class 70 (diesel)

The Class 70 is a six axle Co-Co mainline freight GE PowerHaul locomotive series manufactured by General Electric in Erie, Pennsylvania.

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Broad-gauge railway

A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge broader than the standard-gauge railways.

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CrossCountry

CrossCountry (legal name XC Trains Limited) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Arriva UK Trains, operating the New Cross Country franchise.

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DB Cargo UK

DB Cargo UK, formerly DB Schenker Rail UK and English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS), is a British rail freight company headquartered in Doncaster, England.

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Didcot Parkway railway station

Didcot Parkway is a railway station serving the town of Didcot in Oxfordshire, England.

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Diesel multiple unit

A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines.

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Double-track railway

A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.

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Dual gauge

A dual gauge railway is a track that allows the passage of trains of two different track gauges.

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Freightliner Group

Freightliner Group is a rail freight and logistics company, formed in the United Kingdom in 1995, and now having expanded into Australia, The Netherlands and Poland.

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Great Western main line

The Great Western main line is a main line railway in England, that runs westwards from London Paddington to.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.

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Great Western Railway (train operating company)

First Greater Western Limited, trading as Great Western Railway (GWR), is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the Greater Western railway franchise.

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was an English mechanical and civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", "one of the 19th-century engineering giants", and "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions".

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Level crossing

A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road or path at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using a bridge or tunnel.

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London and South Western Railway

The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922.

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Madejski Stadium

The Madejski is a football stadium located in Reading, Berkshire, England.

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National Rail

National Rail (NR) in the United Kingdom is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales.

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Network Rail

Network Rail is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the rail network in England, Scotland and Wales.

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Network Rail Control Periods

Network Rail Control Periods are the 5-year timespans into which Network Rail, the owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain, works for financial and other planning purposes.

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Newbury railway station

Newbury railway station is a railway station in the centre of Newbury, Berkshire, England.

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Overhead line

An overhead line or overhead wire is used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains.

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Passenger rail terminology

Various terms are used for passenger rail lines and equipment-the usage of these terms differs substantially between areas.

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Port of Southampton

The Port of Southampton is a passenger and cargo port in the central part of the south coast of England.

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Reading Green Park railway station

Reading Green Park railway station is a planned railway station in Reading, Berkshire, England.

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Reading railway station

Reading railway station is a major transport hub in Reading, Berkshire, England.

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South East England

South East England is the most populous of the nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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South West Trains

South West Trains (SWT) was an English train operating company owned by Stagecoach, which operated the South Western franchise between 1996 and 2017.

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South Western main line

The South Western Main Line (SWML) is a 143-mile (230 km) major railway line between Waterloo station in central London and Weymouth on the south coast of England.

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Southampton

Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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The Midlands

The Midlands is a cultural and geographic area roughly spanning central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia.

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21st-century modernisation of the Great Western main line

Network Rail plans to spend £5 billion on modernising the Great Western main line, its South Wales branch and other associated lines.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading–Basingstoke_line

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