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London and South Western Railway

Dates

/ /1834	London and Southampton Railway London and Southampton Railway authorised, 77 miles in length. (Later the London and South Western Railway.)
/ /1839	London and South Western Railway London and Southampton Railway renamed the London and South Western Railway.
/ /1839	London and South Western Railway Shapley Heath to Basingstoke opened. Station opened at Basingstoke.
/ /1839	London and South Western Railway Northam Road (the original Southampton terminus) to Winchester opened. Stations opened at Northam Road, Bishopstoke, Winchester.
/ /1840	London and South Western Railway Fully opened from London to Southampton. Stations on this section have included: Victoria, Battersea Park, Clapham Junction, Earlsfield, Wimbledon, Raynes Park, New Malden, Berrylands, Surbiton, Esher, Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge, West Weybridge, Byfleet & New Haw, Woking, Brookwood, Farnborough, Fleet, Winchfield, Hook, Basingstoke, Micheldever, Winchester, Shawford, Eastleigh, Southampton Airport, Swaythling, St Denys, Southampton [1st].
/ /1840	London and South Western Railway Basingstoke to Winchester opened. Station opened at Andover Road.
/ /1840	London and South Western Railway Southampton [1st] to Northam Road opened, Northam Road station closed.
/ /1840	London and South Western Railway Ditton Marsh renamed Esher.
/ /1843	London and South Western Railway Woking Common renamed Woking about this year.
/ /1845	London and South Western Railway Kingston [1st] closed replaced by Kingston [2nd] to the west.
/ /1845	Guildford Junction Railway London and South Western Railway Guildford Junction Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
/ /1846	London and South Western Railway Malden opened.
/ /1846	London and South Western Railway Wandsworth [1st] renamed Clapham Common. (On the opening of Wandsworth [2nd] on the Richmond Railway.)
/ /1847	London and South Western Railway Fleetpond opened.
/ /1847	Richmond Railway London and South Western Railway Richmond Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
/ /1848	Waterloo Extension (London and South Western Railway) London and South Western Railway Extension to London Waterloo opened and Nine Elms [1st] closed. Vauxhaul and London Waterloo opened.
/ /1848	Southampton and Dorchester Railway London and South Western Railway Southampton and Dorchester Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
/ /1848	Southampton and Dorchester Railway London and South Western Railway Southampton and Dorchester Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
/ /1849	London and South Western Railway Walton renamed Walton and Hersham.
/ /1850	London and South Western Railway Shapley Heath renamed Winchfield.
/ /1850	London and South Western Railway Shapley Heath renamed Winchfield around this year.
/ /1850	Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway London and South Western Railway Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
/ /1852	London and South Western Railway Kingston [2nd] renamed Kingston Junction.
31/12/1855	Railway Clearing House By this date, Cork and Bandon Railway, Crieff Junction Railway, Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, Dublin and Drogheda Railway, Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, Furness Railway, Great Southern and Western Railway, Irish South Eastern Railway, Killarney Junction Railway, Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway, Leven Railway, London and South Western Railway, London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, Monkland Railways, Monmouthshire Railway and Canal, Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, Norfolk Railway, North and South Western Junction Railway, Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, Peebles Railway, Perth and Dunkeld Railway, Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, St Andrews Railway, Ulster and Dundalk Railway, Waterford and Kilkenny Railway and Waterford and Limerick Railway join.
/ /1856	London and South Western Railway Andover Road renamed Micheldever.
/ /1858	London and South Western Railway Southampton [1st] renamed Southampton Docks.
/ /1861	London and South Western Railway Portswood opened.
/ /1861	Portsmouth Railway London and South Western Railway Portsmouth Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
/ /1862	Wimbledon and Dorking Railway London and South Western Railway Wimbledon and Dorking Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
/ /1863	London and South Western Railway Kingston Junction renamed Suburbiton.
/ /1863	London and South Western Railway Clapham Common closed with opening of Clapham Junction.
/ /1863	London and South Western Railway Clapham Junction opened. (With opening of the West London Extension Railway.)
/ /1864	London and South Western Railway Brookwood opened.
/ /1865	North Devon Railway and Dock London and South Western Railway North Devon Railway and Dock absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
/ /1865	Bideford Extension Railway London and South Western Railway Bideford Extension Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
/ /1865	Devon and Cornwall Railway Powers granted for a branch to Holsworthy. These were allowed to lapse. The London and South Western Railway later, in 1879, built the line as the Holsworthy Branch (London and South Western Railway).
/ /1865	Barnstaple and Ilfracombe Railway London and South Western Railway Barnstaple and Ilfracombe Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
/ /1867	Thames Valley Railway London and South Western Railway Thames Valley Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
/ /1868	North British Steam Packet Company PS Waverley [II] sold to the London and South Western Railway for Southampton to Channel Islands.
/ /1869	London and South Western Railway Fleetpond renamed Fleet.
/ /1871	London and South Western Railway Raynes Park opened.
/ /1872	London and South Western Railway Northam opened.
/ /1875	Somerset and Dorset Railway London and South Western Railway and Midland Railway take control of the line.
/ /1875	Stokes Bay Railway and Pier London and South Western Railway Stokes Bay Railway and Pier absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
/ /1875	Devon and Cornwall Railway London and South Western Railway Devon and Cornwall Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
/ /1876	London and South Western Railway Portswood renamed St Denys.
/ /1877	London and South Western Railway Queen's Road Battersea opened.
/ /1878	Salisbury and Yeovil Railway London and South Western Railway Salisbury and Yeovil Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
/ /1880	Isle of Wight Railway Due to poor connections from ferries at Ryde Pier the line was extended from Ryde Esplanade to Ryde Pier Head jointly by the London and South Western Railway and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. This extension was to be used by the Isle of Wight Railway and the Isle of Wight Central Railway.
/ /1881	London and South Western Railway Wimbledon opened replacing Wimbledon [1st] to the south west.
/ /1881	Bishop's Waltham Railway London and South Western Railway Bishop's Waltham Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
/ /1882	London and South Western Railway Shawford opened.
/ /1883	London and South Western Railway Swaything opened.
/ /1883	London and South Western Railway Hook opened.
/ /1883	Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway London and South Western Railway Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
/ /1884	London and South Western Railway Earlsfield opened.
/ /1884	Mid-Hants Railway London and South Western Railway Mid-Hants Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
/ /1886	Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway London and South Western Railway Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
/ /1886	Barnstaple and Ilfracombe Railway Rolles Quay branch opened by the London and South Western Railway.
/ /1887	London and South Western Railway Byfleet opened.
/ /1887	Lymington Railway London and South Western Railway Lymington Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
01/06/1887	Devon and Somerset Railway Link to the London and South Western Railway's Barnstaple station opened.
/ /1888	Seaton and Beer Railway London and South Western Railway Seaton and Beer Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
/ /1889	London and South Western Railway Bishopstoke renamed Eastleigh.
/ /1891	Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Junction made with the London and South Western Railway at Shawford south of Winchester.
/ /1892	Poole and Bournemouth Railway London and South Western Railway Poole and Bournemouth Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
/ /1895	Dugald Drummond Offered and accepted the appointment of chief mechanical engineer of the London and South Western Railway Co., formerly held for seventeen years by William Adams.
/ /1896	London and South Western Railway Southampton Docks renamed Southampton Town.
/ /1907	Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway London and South Western Railway Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
/ /1912	Budleigh Salterton Railway London and South Western Railway Budleigh Salterton Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
/ /1923	London and South Western Railway Southampton Town renamed Southampton Terminus.
/ /1927	London and South Western Railway West Weybridge opened.
/ /1933	London and South Western Railway Berrylands opened.
/ /1935	London and South Western Railway Walton and Hersham renamed Walton-on-Thames.
/ /1936	London and South Western Railway Hensham opened.
/ /1938	London and South Western Railway Bramshot Halt opened.
08/03/1943	Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Re-opened after doubling between Didcot and Newbury and lengthening of the loops on the Newbury to Winchester section. A new junction was put in at Worthy for direct access from the London and South Western Railway to the Newbury line, leaving Winchester Chesil on a loop.
/ /1946	London and South Western Railway Bramshot Halt closed.
/ /1949	London and South Western Railway Winchester renamed Winchester City.
/ /1950	London and South Western Railway Byfleet renamed West Byfleet.
/ /1957	London and South Western Railway Malden renamed New Malden.
/ /1961	London and South Western Railway West Weybridge renamed Byfleet and New Haw.
/ /1966	London and South Western Railway Southampton Terminus closed.
/ /1966	London and South Western Railway Northam closed.
/ /1966	London and South Western Railway Southampton Airport opened.
/ /1967	London and South Western Railway Winchester City renamed Winchester.
/ /1967	North Cornwall Railway Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Bodmin Branch (Great Western Railway) Padstow to Bodmin North to Bodmin Road closed to passengers. On the former London and South Western Railway Padstow, Wadebridge [2nd], Grogley Halt, Nanstallon Halt, Boscarne Junction, Dunmere Halt, Bodmin North closed. On the former Great Western Railway Bodmin General closed. Padstow to Wadebridge [1st] and Bodmin North to Dunmere Junction closed completely.
/ /1980	London and South Western Railway Farnborough renamed Farnborough Main.
/ /1980	London and South Western Railway Queen's Road Battersea renamed Queenstown Road (Battersea).
/ /1986	London and South Western Railway Southampton Airport renamed Southampton Parkway.
12/12/1988	London and South Western Railway Three trains are involved in crash at Clapham Junction killing 35 and injuring 500 due to a signal failure caused by incorrect wiring. A Poole to London Waterloo and a Basingstoke to Waterloo ran into empty stock. Signalling engineers were found to be working exceptionally long hours in the area.
/ /1994	London and South Western Railway Southampton Parkway renamed Southampton Airport Parkway.