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Southern Railway (UK)

Index Southern Railway (UK)

The Southern Railway (SR), sometimes shortened to 'Southern', was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. [1]

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  1. 260 relations: Airspeed Horsa, Alfred W. Szlumper, Allies of World War II, Arun Valley line, Ashford railway works, Atlantic Coast Express, Axminster, Balcombe tunnel, Batsford, Bearsted, Big Four (British railway companies), Blackfriars station, Bluebell Railway, Bournemouth Belle, BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T, Bricklayers Arms railway station, Brighton, Brighton Belle, Brighton Main Line, Brighton railway station, Brighton railway works, British people, British Rail, British Rail Class 12, British Rail Class 401, British Rail Class 402, British Rail Class 404, British Rail Class 70 (electric), British Rail Class D16/2, British Rail Class D3/12, British railway milk tank wagon, British Transport Commission, Brittany, Bude, Bulleid chain-driven valve gear, Bulleid Firth Brown wheel, Calais, Cannon Street station, Catford loop line, Channel Islands, Charing Cross railway station, Chatham Main Line, Chief mechanical engineer, Civil engineer, Clapham Junction railway station, Classification yard, Clayton Tunnel, Coat of arms, Concrete, Cornwall, ... Expand index (210 more) »

  2. Big four British railway companies
  3. British companies disestablished in 1948
  4. British companies established in 1923
  5. Railway companies disestablished in 1948
  6. Railway companies established in 1923

Airspeed Horsa

The Airspeed AS.51 Horsa was a British troop-carrying glider used during the Second World War.

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Alfred W. Szlumper

Alfred Weeks Szlumper CBE (24 May 1858 – 11 November 1934), was a British railway engineer.

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Allies of World War II

The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.

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Arun Valley line

The Arun Valley line, also known as the Mid Sussex line, is part of the Southern- and Thameslink-operated railway services.

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Ashford railway works

Ashford railway works was a major locomotive and wagon construction and repair workshop in Ashford, Kent in England.

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Atlantic Coast Express

The Atlantic Coast Express (ACE) is an express passenger train in England that has operated at various times between London and seaside resorts in the South West England.

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Axminster

Axminster is a market town and civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England.

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Balcombe tunnel

Balcombe tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Brighton Main Line through the Sussex Weald between Three Bridges and Balcombe.

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Batsford

Batsford is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England.

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Bearsted

Bearsted is a village and civil parish with railway station in mid-Kent, England, two miles (3.2 km) east of Maidstone town centre.

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Big Four (British railway companies)

The "Big Four" was a name used to describe the four largest railway companies in the United Kingdom in the period 1923–1947. Southern Railway (UK) and Big Four (British railway companies) are Big four British railway companies.

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Blackfriars station

Blackfriars, also known as London Blackfriars, is a central London railway station and connected London Underground station in the City of London.

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Bluebell Railway

The Bluebell Railway is an heritage line in West Sussex in England.

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Bournemouth Belle

The Bournemouth Belle was a British named train run by the Southern Railway from 1931 until nationalisation in 1948 (with a break for the war until 1947) and subsequently by British Railways until it was withdrawn on 9 July 1967.

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BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T

The BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T was a class of steam locomotive designed by Robert Riddles for British Railways.

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Bricklayers Arms railway station

Bricklayers Arms was a railway station in Southwark opened by the London and Croydon Railway and the South Eastern Railway in 1844 as an alternative to the London and Greenwich Railway's terminus at London Bridge.

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the city of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England.

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Brighton Belle

The Brighton Belle was a named train which was operated by the Southern Railway and subsequently by British Rail from Victoria Station in London to Brighton, on the Sussex coast.

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Brighton Main Line

The Brighton Main Line is a railway line in southern England linking London to Brighton.

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Brighton railway station

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

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Brighton railway works

Brighton railway works (also known as Brighton locomotive works, or just the Brighton works) was one of the earliest railway-owned locomotive repair works, founded in 1840 by the London and Brighton Railway in Brighton, England, and thus pre-dating the more famous railway works at Crewe, Doncaster and Swindon.

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British people

British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997.

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British Rail Class 12

The British Rail Class 12 is a diesel locomotive built primarily for shunting duties around London.

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British Rail Class 401

The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation 2-BIL to the DC third rail electric multiple units built during the 1930s to work long-distance semi-fast services on the newly electrified lines from London to Eastbourne, Portsmouth and Reading.

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British Rail Class 402

The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation 2-HAL to the electric multiple-unit passenger trains built during the late 1930s to work long-distance semi-fast services on the newly electrified lines from London Victoria to Maidstone and Gillingham (Kent).

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British Rail Class 404

The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designations '''4-COR''', '''4-RES''', '''4-BUF''' and '''4-GRI''' to the different types of electric multiple unit built to work the route between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour.

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British Rail Class 70 (electric)

The British Rail Class 70 was a class of three third rail Co-Co electric locomotives.

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British Rail Class D16/2

British Railways Class D16/2 was a class of prototype diesel locomotives built by British Railways at Ashford Works and introduced in 1950–1951, with a third example being introduced in 1954.

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British Rail Class D3/12

British Rail class D3/12 was a class of three experimental diesel-electric shunting locomotives designed by Richard Maunsell of the Southern Railway in 1937.

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British railway milk tank wagon

Milk tank wagons were a common sight on railways in the United Kingdom from the early 1930s to the late 1960s.

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British Transport Commission

The British Transport Commission (BTC) was created by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in Great Britain (Northern Ireland had the separate Ulster Transport Authority).

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Brittany

Brittany (Bretagne,; Breizh,; Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.

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Bude

Bude (label) is a seaside town in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton and at the mouth of the River Neet (also known locally as the River Strat).

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Bulleid chain-driven valve gear

The Bulleid chain-driven valve gear is a type of steam locomotive valve gear designed by Oliver Bulleid during the Second World War for use on his Pacific (4-6-2) designs.

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Bulleid Firth Brown wheel

The Bulleid Firth Brown wheel (BFB) was a locomotive wheel developed for the Southern Railway in the late 1930s.

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Calais

Calais (traditionally) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture.

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Cannon Street station

Cannon Street station, also known as London Cannon Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Travelcard zone 1 located on Cannon Street in the City of London and managed by Network Rail.

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Catford loop line

The Catford loop line is a railway line in southeast London.

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Channel Islands

The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.

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Charing Cross railway station

Charing Cross railway station (also known as London Charing Cross) is a central London railway terminus between the Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster.

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Chatham Main Line

The Chatham Main Line is a railway line in England that links London Victoria and Dover Priory / Ramsgate, travelling via Medway (of which the town of Chatham is part, hence the name).

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Chief mechanical engineer

Chief mechanical engineer and locomotive superintendent are titles applied by British, Australian, and New Zealand railway companies to the person ultimately responsible to the board of the company for the building and maintaining of the locomotives and rolling stock.

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Civil engineer

A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructure that may have been neglected.

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Clapham Junction railway station

Clapham Junction is a major railway station and transport hub near St John's Hill in south-west Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Classification yard

A classification yard (American English, as well as the Canadian National Railway), marshalling yard (British, Hong Kong, Indian, and Australian English, as well as the Canadian Pacific Railway) or shunting yard (Central Europe) is a railway yard found at some freight train stations, used to separate railway cars onto one of several tracks.

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Clayton Tunnel

Clayton Tunnel is a railway tunnel located near the villages of Clayton and Pyecombe in West Sussex, between Hassocks and Preston Park railway stations on the Brighton Main Line.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments).

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Concrete

Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Dartmoor line

The Dartmoor line is a railway line in Devon, England.

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Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Devon Belle

The Devon Belle was a luxury express passenger train in England which ran between London Waterloo station and Ilfracombe and Plymouth in Devon in the years from 1947 to 1954.

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Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine.

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Dover

Dover is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England.

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Dunkirk

Dunkirk (Dunkerque, Duunkerke, Duinkerke or Duinkerken) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.

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East Coastway line

The East Coastway line is a railway line along the south coast of Sussex to the east of Brighton, England.

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East London line

The East London line is part of the London Overground, running north to south through the East, Docklands and South areas of London.

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Eastbourne

Eastbourne is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London.

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Eastbourne railway station

Eastbourne railway station serves the seaside town of Eastbourne in East Sussex, England.

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Eastleigh Works

Eastleigh Works is a locomotive, carriage and wagon building and repair facility in the town of Eastleigh, in the county of Hampshire in England.

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Edward Middleton Barry

Edward Middleton Barry RA (7 June 1830 – 27 January 1880) was an English architect of the 19th century.

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Effingham Junction railway station

Effingham Junction railway station is just north of the far northern border of the village of Effingham, closer to the centre of East Horsley, homes of which it borders, in Surrey, England.

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Electric multiple unit

An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power.

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English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

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English Electric

The English Electric Company Limited (EE) was a British industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice ending the fighting of World War I by amalgamating five businesses which, during the war, made munitions, armaments and aeroplanes.

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Eustace Missenden

Sir Eustace James Missenden (3 March 1886 – 30 January 1973) was a British railwayman, successively the last General Manager of the Southern Railway and the first Chairman of the Railway Executive.

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Everard Baring

Brigadier-General the Honourable Everard Baring (5 December 1865 – 7 May 1932) was a British Army officer and Chairman of the Southern Railway.

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Exeter

Exeter is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon, South West England.

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Exeter to Plymouth railway of the LSWR

The Exeter to Plymouth railway of the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) was the westernmost part of a route competing with that of the Great Western Railway (GWR) and its 'associated companies' from London and Exeter to Plymouth in Devon, England.

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Exmouth

Exmouth is a port town, civil parish and seaside resort situated on the east bank of the mouth of the River Exe, southeast of Exeter.

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Exmouth Junction

Exmouth Junction is the railway junction where the Exmouth branch line diverges from the London Waterloo to Exeter main line in Exeter, Devon, England.

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Feltham

Feltham is a town in West London, England, from Charing Cross.

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Feltham marshalling yard

Feltham marshalling yard, also known as Feltham hump yard, was a large railway marshalling yard designed for the concentration of freight traffic to and from South West London, and for transfer to other marshalling yards in London.

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Firebox (steam engine)

In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler.

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Folkestone

Folkestone is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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French Renaissance architecture

French Renaissance architecture is a style which was prominent between the late 15th and early 17th centuries in the Kingdom of France.

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General Aircraft Hamilcar

The General Aircraft Limited GAL.49 Hamilcar or Hamilcar Mark I was a large British military glider produced during the Second World War, which was designed to carry heavy cargo, such as the Tetrarch or M22 Locust light tank.

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George Medal

The George Medal (GM), instituted on 24 September 1940 by King George VI,British Gallantry Medals (Abbott and Tamplin), p. 138 is a decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, awarded for gallantry, typically by civilians, or in circumstances where military honours are not appropriate.

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Gerald Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst

Gerald Walter Erskine Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst, JP DL LLB (25 October 1861 – 30 April 1936) was a British barrister, businessman and Conservative politician.

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Gilbert Szlumper

Major General Gilbert Savil Szlumper, (18 April 1884 – 19 July 1969) was a British railwayman, and the penultimate general manager of the Southern Railway.

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Golden Arrow (train)

The Golden Arrow (Flèche d’Or) was a luxury boat train of the Southern Railway and later British Railways.

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Great Torrington

Great Torrington (often abbreviated to Torrington, though the villages of Little Torrington and Black Torrington are situated in the same region) is a market town in Devon, England.

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Great Western Railway

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. Southern Railway (UK) and Great Western Railway are Big four British railway companies, British companies disestablished in 1948 and railway companies disestablished in 1948.

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Guildford

Guildford is a town in west Surrey, England, around south-west of central London.

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Guildford railway station

Guildford railway station is at one of three main railway junctions on the Portsmouth Direct Line and serves the town of Guildford in Surrey, England.

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GWR autocoach

The GWR autocoach (or auto-trailer) is a type of coach that was used by the Great Western Railway for push-pull trains powered by a steam locomotive.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Harold Holcroft

Harold Holcroft (12 February 1882 – 15 February 1973) was an English railway and mechanical engineer who worked for the Great Western Railway (GWR), the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) and the Southern Railway (SR).

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Hastings

Hastings is a seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London.

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Hastings line

The Hastings line is a secondary railway line in Kent and East Sussex, England, linking with the main town of, and London via and.

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Hastings railway station

Hastings railway station is the southern terminus of the Hastings line in the south of England and is one of four stations that serve the town of Hastings, East Sussex.

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Herbert Ashcombe Walker

Sir Herbert Ashcombe Walker (16 May 1868 – 29 September 1949) was a British railway manager.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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Hither Green marshalling yard

Hither Green marshalling yard, is a large railway marshalling yard designed for the concentration of freight traffic to and from South East London, and for transfer to other yards in London.

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HMS Arpha

Arpha was a passenger ferry built in 1900 as Canterbury for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway.

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Holborn Viaduct railway station

Holborn Viaduct was a railway station in the City of London, providing local and commuter services.

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Hoo Peninsula

The Hoo Peninsula is a peninsula in Kent, England, separating the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Medway.

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Horsham

Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England.

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Ian Allan Publishing

Ian Allan Publishing was an English publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books.

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Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ ''WYTE'') is an island, English county and unitary authority in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, across the Solent.

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Isle of Wight Steam Railway

The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is a heritage railway on the Isle of Wight.

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Italianate architecture

The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture.

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John Elliot (railway manager)

Sir John Elliot (6 May 1898 – 18 September 1988) was a British transport and railway manager.

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John Urpeth Rastrick

John Urpeth Rastrick (26 January 1780 – 1 November 1856) was one of the first English steam locomotive builders.

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Joseph Locke

Joseph Locke FRSA (9 August 1805 – 18 September 1860) was an English civil engineer of the nineteenth century, particularly associated with railway projects.

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Kent

Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.

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Kent Coast line

The Kent Coast Line is the railway line that runs from Minster East Jn to Buckland Jn connecting Ramsgate and Dover Priory in the English county of Kent.

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Lancing Carriage Works

Lancing Carriage Works was a railway carriage and wagon building and maintenance facility in the village of Lancing near Shoreham-by-Sea in the county of West Sussex in England from 1911 until 1965.

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List of constituents of the Southern Railway

The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom was one of the "Big Four" railway companies set up after the 1923 Grouping. Southern Railway (UK) and List of constituents of the Southern Railway are Big four British railway companies.

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List of named passenger trains of the United Kingdom

This article contains lists of named passenger trains in the United Kingdom.

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List of railway stations in Dover

Dover, Kent has had numerous railway stations due to the legacy of competition between the South Eastern Railway (SER) and London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) and the subsequent rationalisation attempts by their successors: the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR), Southern Railway and British Rail Southern Region.

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Littlehampton

Littlehampton is a town, seaside resort and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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LMS Royal Scot Class

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Royal Scot Class is a class of 4-6-0 express passenger locomotive introduced in 1927.

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Loading gauge

A loading gauge is a diagram or physical structure that defines the maximum height and width dimensions in railway vehicles and their loads.

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Locomotive

A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.

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Locomotives of the Southern Railway (UK)

The Southern Railway took a key role in expanding the 660 V DC third rail electrified network begun by the London & South Western Railway.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London and Brighton Railway

The London and Brighton Railway (L&BR) was a railway company in England which was incorporated in 1837 and survived until 1846.

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London and North Eastern Railway

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. Southern Railway (UK) and London and North Eastern Railway are Big four British railway companies, British companies disestablished in 1948, British companies established in 1923, railway companies disestablished in 1948 and railway companies established in 1923.

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London and South Western Railway

The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922.

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London and Southampton Railway

The London and Southampton Railway was an early railway company between London and Southampton, in England.

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London Bridge station

London Bridge is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Bermondsey, south-east London.

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London Transport Executive

The London Transport Executive was the organisation responsible for public transport in Greater London, England between 1948 and 1962.

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London Victoria station

Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City of Westminster, managed by Network Rail.

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London Waterloo station

Waterloo station, also known as London Waterloo, is a major central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth.

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London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

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 the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922.

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London, Chatham and Dover Railway

The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR or LC&DR) was a railway company in south-eastern England.

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London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally used in historical circles. The LMS occasionally also used the initials LM&SR. Southern Railway (UK) and London, Midland and Scottish Railway are Big four British railway companies, British companies disestablished in 1948, British companies established in 1923, railway companies disestablished in 1948 and railway companies established in 1923.

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LSWR H15 class

The LSWR/SR H15 class was a class of 2-cylinder 4-6-0 steam locomotives designed by Robert Urie for mixed-traffic duties on the LSWR.

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LSWR N15 class

The LSWR N15 class was a British 2–cylinder 4-6-0 express passenger steam locomotive designed by Robert Urie.

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.

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Lullingstone

Lullingstone is a rural hamlet in the civil parish of Eynsford, in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England, located south east of Swanley.

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Lullingstone Airfield

Lullingstone airfield was a proposed airfield in Kent, United Kingdom that was not constructed.

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Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis is a town in west Dorset, England, west of Dorchester and east of Exeter.

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Maidstone

Maidstone is the largest town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town.

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Main line (railway)

The main line, or mainline in American English, of a railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which branch lines, yards, sidings, and spurs are connected.

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Major general

Major general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Malachite green

Malachite green is an organic compound that is used as a dyestuff and controversially as an antimicrobial in aquaculture.

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Margate

Margate is a seaside town in the Thanet District of Kent, England.

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Merstham tunnels

The Merstham and Quarry tunnels are two neighbouring railway tunnels on the Brighton Main Line between Merstham and Coulsdon (formerly Stoats Nest) in Surrey, Great Britain.

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Micheldever

Micheldever is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, situated north of Winchester.

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Military glider

Military gliders (an offshoot of common gliders) have been used by the militaries of various countries for carrying troops (glider infantry) and heavy equipment to a combat zone, mainly during the Second World War.

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Ministry of War Transport

The Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) was a department of the British Government formed early in the Second World War to control transportation policy and resources.

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MV Pelikan

Pelikan was a 3,264 ton German refrigerated cargo ship built in 1934.

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Newhaven

Newhaven is a port town in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England, lying at the mouth of the River Ouse.

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Nigel Gresley

Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley (19 June 1876 – 5 April 1941) was a British railway engineer.

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Night Ferry

The Night Ferry was an international boat train from London Victoria to Paris Gare du Nord that crossed the English Channel on a train ferry.

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Nine Elms Locomotive Works

Nine Elms Locomotive Works were built in 1839 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) adjoining their passenger terminus near the Vauxhall end of Nine Elms Lane, in the district of Nine Elms in the London Borough of Battersea.

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Normandy

Normandy (Normandie; Normaundie, Nouormandie; from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.

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North Downs

The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England that stretch from Farnham in Surrey to the White Cliffs of Dover in Kent.

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North Downs Line

The North Downs Line is a railway line in South East England.

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Oliver Bulleid

Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid CBE (19 September 1882 – 25 April 1970) was a British railway and mechanical engineer best known as the Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway between 1937 and the 1948 nationalisation, developing many well-known locomotives.

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Operation Overlord

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.

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Ouse Valley Viaduct

The Ouse Valley Viaduct (or the Balcombe Viaduct) carries the London-Brighton Railway Line over the River Ouse in Sussex.

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Padstow

Padstow (Cornish Standard Written Form) is a town, civil parish and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Padstow railway station (England)

Padstow railway station (Lannwedhenek) was the western terminus of the North Cornwall Railway.

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Passenger railroad car

A passenger railroad car or passenger car (American English), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (British English and International Union of Railways), or passenger bogie (Indian English) is a railroad car that is designed to carry passengers.

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Patcham Tunnel

Patcham Tunnel (or Compulsory Tunnel) is a railway tunnel on the Brighton Main Line through the South Downs between Preston Park and Hassocks in East Sussex, England.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England.

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Port of Newhaven

The Port of Newhaven is a port and associated docks complex located within Newhaven, East Sussex, England, situated at the mouth of the River Ouse.

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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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Portland Branch Railway

The Portland Branch railway refers to a group of lines on the Isle of Portland in the English county of Dorset.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.

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Portsmouth Direct line

The Portsmouth Direct line is a railway route between Woking in Surrey and Portsmouth Harbour in Hampshire, England.

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Portsmouth Harbour railway station

Portsmouth Harbour railway station serves the city of Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England.

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Queenborough

Queenborough is a town on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in South East England.

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Railcar

A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers.

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Railway Correspondence and Travel Society

The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) is a national society founded in Cheltenham, England in 1928 to bring together those interested in rail transport and locomotives.

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Railways Act 1921

The Railways Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 55), also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament enacted by the British government and intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, by "grouping" them into four large companies dubbed the "Big Four".

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Reading Southern railway station

Reading Southern railway station is a former railway station in Reading, Berkshire, England, located to the south of Reading General station on the Great Western main line.

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Richard Maunsell

Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell (pronounced "Mansell") (26 May 1868 – 7 March 1944) held the post of chief mechanical engineer (CME) of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway from 1913 until the 1923 Grouping and then the post of CME of the Southern Railway in England until 1937.

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River Itchen, Hampshire

The River Itchen in Hampshire, England, rises to the south of New Alresford and flows to meet Southampton Water below the Itchen Bridge.

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River Loddon

The River Loddon is a tributary of the River Thames in southern England.

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River Test

The River Test is a chalk stream in Hampshire in the south of England.

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River Thames

The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.

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Rolling stock

The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches), and non-revenue cars.

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Route availability

Route Availability (RA) is the system by which the permanent way and supporting works (bridges, embankments, etc.) of the railway network of Great Britain are graded.

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Rye, East Sussex

Rye is a town and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, from the sea at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede.

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Salisbury

Salisbury is a cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne.

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Seaside resort

A seaside resort is a city, town, village, or hotel that serves as a vacation resort and is located on a coast.

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Seaton, Devon

Seaton is a seaside town, fishing harbour and civil parish in East Devon on the south coast of England, between Axmouth (to the east) and Beer (to the west).

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Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks is a town in Kent with a population of 29,506 situated south-east of London, England.

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Shakespeare Cliff Halt railway station

Shakespeare Cliff Halt is a private halt station on the South Eastern Main Line.

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Shunting (rail)

Shunting, in railway operations, is the process of sorting items of rolling stock into complete trains, or the reverse.

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Sidmouth

Sidmouth is a town on the English Channel in Devon, South West England, southeast of Exeter.

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Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway

The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, also known as the S&D, SDJR or S&DJR, was an English railway line connecting Bath (in north-east Somerset) and Bournemouth (now in south-east Dorset but then in Hampshire), with a branch from Evercreech Junction to Burnham-on-Sea and Bridgwater.

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South Croydon

South Croydon in south London is the area surrounding the valley south of central Croydon and running as far south as the former Red Deer public house on the Brighton Road.

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South Downs

The South Downs are a range of chalk hills in the south-eastern coastal counties of England that extends for about across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, in the Eastbourne Downland Estate, East Sussex, in the east.

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South Eastern and Chatham Railway

The South Eastern and Chatham Railway Companies Joint Management Committee (SE&CRCJMC),Awdry (1990), page 199 known as the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SE&CR), was a working union of two neighbouring rival railways, the South Eastern Railway (SER) and London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LC&DR), which operated between London and south-east England.

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South Eastern Main Line

The South Eastern Main Line is a major long-distance railway route in South East England, UK, one of the three main routes crossing the county of Kent, going via Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Ashford and Folkestone to Dover.

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South Eastern Railway (England)

The South Eastern Railway (SER) was a railway company in south-eastern England from 1836 until 1922.

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South West England

South West England, or the South West of England, is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom.

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South West Main Line

The South West 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 a port city in Hampshire, England.

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Southampton Terminus railway station

Southampton Terminus railway station served the Port of Southampton and Southampton City Centre, England from 1840 until 1966.

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Southern is the brand name used by the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) train operating company on the Southern routes of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise in England.

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Southern National

Southern National was a bus company operating in South West England from 1929 until 1969, and again from 1983 until 1999.

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Southern Railway (UK)

The Southern Railway (SR), sometimes shortened to 'Southern', was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. Southern Railway (UK) and Southern Railway (UK) are Big four British railway companies, British companies disestablished in 1948, British companies established in 1923, railway companies disestablished in 1948 and railway companies established in 1923.

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Southern Railway multiple unit numbering and classification

The Southern Railway created classification and numbering systems for its large fleet of electric multiple units, perpetuated by the Southern Region of British Rail until the early 1980s, when the impact of TOPS was felt.

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Southern Railway routes west of Salisbury

This article describes the history and operation of the railway routes west of Salisbury built by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) and allied companies, which ultimately became part of the Southern Railway in the United Kingdom.

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Southern Region of British Railways

The Southern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948 until 1992 when railways were re-privatised.

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Southern Vectis

Southern Vectis is a bus operator on the Isle of Wight.

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Spa Valley Railway

The Spa Valley Railway (SVR) is a standard gauge heritage railway in the United Kingdom that runs from Tunbridge Wells West railway station in Royal Tunbridge Wells to High Rocks, Groombridge, and Eridge, where it links with the Oxted Line.

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SR class 3Sub

The class 3SUB were DC suburban electric multiple units introduced by the London and South Western Railway in 1915 and constructed by the Southern Railway in the period up to 1939.

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SR Class 4DD

The SR Class 4DD was an experimental double-decker electric multiple unit built in 1949 and operated by the Southern Railway until 1971.

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SR Class 4Lav

The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation 4-LAV to the electric multiple units built to work the semi-fast services on the route between London and Brighton.

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SR Class 4Sub

The Southern Railway (SR) and the British Railways (Southern Region) (BR(S)) used the designation Sub to cover a wide variety of electric multiple-unit passenger trains that were used on inner-suburban workings in the South London area.

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SR Class 6Pul

The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designations 6 PUL, 6 CITY and 6 PAN to electric multiple units built to work the routes between London and Brighton, West Worthing and Eastbourne.

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SR Class CP

The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation CP to the fleet of AC electric multiple units used on the former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway lines in the Crystal Palace area.

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SR Class SL

The Southern Railway (SR) in the UK gave the designation SL to the fleet of AC overhead electric multiple units used on the South London Line between Victoria and London Bridge station.

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SR Leader class

The Leader was a class of experimental steam locomotive, produced in the United Kingdom to the design of the innovative engineer Oliver Bulleid.

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SR locomotive numbering and classification

A number of different numbering and classification schemes were used for the locomotives owned by the Southern Railway (SR) and its constituent companies.

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SR Lord Nelson class

The SR class LN or Lord Nelson class is a type of 4-cylinder 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for the Southern Railway by Richard Maunsell in 1926.

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SR Maunsell carriage

The Southern Railway Maunsell carriage was the first design family of railway carriages built by Richard Maunsell for the Southern Railway (SR) in the United Kingdom.

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SR Merchant Navy class

The SR Merchant Navy class (originally known as the 21C1 class, and later informally known as Bulleid Pacifics, Spam Cans – which name was also applied to the Light Pacifics – or Packets) is a class of air-smoothed 4-6-2 (Pacific) steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by Oliver Bulleid.

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SR Q class

The Q Class is a type of steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell of the Southern Railway and constructed immediately prior to the Second World War for use on medium-distance freight trains throughout the network.

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SR Q1 class

The SR Q1 class is a type of austerity steam locomotive constructed during the Second World War.

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SR V class

The SR V class, more commonly known as the Schools class, is a class of steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell for the Southern Railway.

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SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes

The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, collectively known as Light Pacifics or informally as Spam Cans, or "flat tops", are air-smoothed 4-6-2 ''Pacific'' steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by its Chief Mechanical Engineer Oliver Bulleid.

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SS Victoria (1907)

SS (RMS) Victoria was a packet steamer originally owned and operated by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Company, who sold her to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1928 for the sum of £25,000.

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SS Worthing

SS Worthing was a steam-powered ferry operating between Newhaven and Dieppe.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.

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Strood

Strood is a town in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, South East England.

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Surrey

Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Sussex

Sussex (/ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English Sūþsēaxe; lit. 'South Saxons') is an area within South East England which was historically a kingdom and, later, a county.

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Sutton and Mole Valley lines

The Sutton and Mole Valley lines were constructed between 1847 and 1868 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, the London and South Western Railway and the LBSCR-sponsored Horsham, Dorking and Leatherhead Railway.

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Swanage Railway

The Swanage Railway is a railway branch line from near Wareham, Dorset to Swanage, Dorset, England, opened in 1885 and now operated as a heritage railway.

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Tavern

A tavern is a type of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food such as different types of roast meats and cheese, and (mostly historically) where travelers would receive lodging.

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Thanet Belle

The Thanet Belle was a named train run by the Southern Region of British Railways from 1948 until it was withdrawn in 1958 due to the electrification of the route.

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The Dyke railway station

The Dyke railway station was a railway station near Devil's Dyke in West Sussex, England which opened in 1887 and closed in 1939.

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The Railway Magazine

The Railway Magazine is a monthly British railway magazine, aimed at the railway enthusiast market, that has been published in London since July 1897.

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Three Bridges railway station

Three Bridges railway station is located in and named after the village of Three Bridges, which is now a district of Crawley, West Sussex, England.

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Transport Act 1947

The Transport Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 49) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements

The UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements, sometimes known as the German classificationThe Railway Data File.

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United Dairies

United Dairies was a United Kingdom-based creamery, milk bottling and distribution company.

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Wall Street Crash of 1929

The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, Crash of '29, or Black Tuesday, was a major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929.

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War effort

In politics and military planning, a war effort is a coordinated mobilization of society's resources—both industrial and human—towards the support of a military force.

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Watercress Line

The Watercress Line is the marketing name of the Mid-Hants Railway, a heritage railway in Hampshire, England, running from New Alresford to Alton where it connects to the National Rail network.

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Waterloo & City line

The Waterloo & City line, colloquially known as The Drain, is a London Underground shuttle line that runs between Waterloo and Bank with no intermediate stops.

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Weald

The Weald is an area of South East England between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs.

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West Coastway line

The West Coastway line is a railway line in England linking the conurbations of Brighton/Hove/Littlehampton and Southampton/Portsmouth, with 1.3 million people between them.

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West London line

The West London line (WLL) is a short railway in inner West London that links in the north to in the south.

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West London Railway

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 Canal, enabling access to and from London docks for the carriage of goods.

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West of England line

The West of England line (also known as the West of England Main Line) is a British railway line from, Hampshire, to in Devon, England.

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Western Region of British Railways

The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948.

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Westinghouse Electric Corporation

The Westinghouse Electric Corporation (later CBS Corporation) was an American manufacturing company founded in 1886 by George Westinghouse and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway

The Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway (WC&PR) was a standard gauge light railway in Somerset, England.

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Whitstable

Whitstable is a town in the Canterbury district, on the north coast of Kent adjoining the convergence of the Swale Estuary and the Greater Thames Estuary in southeastern England, north of Canterbury and west of Herne Bay.

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Wimbledon and Sutton Railway

The Wimbledon and Sutton Railway (W&SR) was a railway company established by an Act of Parliament in 1910 to build a railway line in Surrey (now south-west London) from Wimbledon to Sutton via Merton and Morden in the United Kingdom.

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Wimbledon, London

Wimbledon is a district and town of south-west London, England, southwest of the centre of London at Charing Cross; it is the main commercial centre of the London Borough of Merton.

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Winchester

Winchester is a cathedral city in Hampshire, England.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Wrotham

Wrotham is a village on the Pilgrims' Way in Kent, England, at the foot of the North Downs.

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0-6-0

is the Whyte notation designation for steam locomotives with a wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels.

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2-8-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels.

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4-4-0

4-4-0, in the Whyte notation, denotes a steam locomotive with a wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles (usually in a leading bogie), four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels.

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See also

Big four British railway companies

British companies disestablished in 1948

British companies established in 1923

Railway companies disestablished in 1948

Railway companies established in 1923

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Railway_(UK)

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