London and South Western Railway






Dates

  /  /1834London and Southampton Railway
London and Southampton Railway authorised, 77 miles in length. (Later the London and South Western Railway.)
  /  /1839London and South Western Railway
London and Southampton Railway renamed the London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1839London and South Western Railway
Shapley Heath to Basingstoke opened. Station opened at Basingstoke.
  /  /1839London and South Western Railway
Northam Road (the original Southampton terminus) to Winchester opened. Stations opened at Northam Road, Bishopstoke, Winchester.
  /  /1840London 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].
  /  /1840London and South Western Railway
Basingstoke to Winchester opened. Station opened at Andover Road.
  /  /1840London and South Western Railway
Southampton [1st] to Northam Road opened, Northam Road station closed.
  /  /1840London and South Western Railway
Ditton Marsh renamed Esher.
  /  /1843London and South Western Railway
Woking Common renamed Woking about this year.
  /  /1845London and South Western Railway
Kingston [1st] closed replaced by Kingston [2nd] to the west.
  /  /1845Guildford Junction Railway
London and South Western Railway
Guildford Junction Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1846London and South Western Railway
Malden opened.
  /  /1846London and South Western Railway
Wandsworth [1st] renamed Clapham Common. (On the opening of Wandsworth [2nd] on the Richmond Railway.)
  /  /1847London and South Western Railway
Fleetpond opened.
  /  /1847Richmond Railway
London and South Western Railway
Richmond Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1848Waterloo 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.
  /  /1848Southampton and Dorchester Railway
London and South Western Railway
Southampton and Dorchester Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1848Southampton and Dorchester Railway
London and South Western Railway
Southampton and Dorchester Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1849London and South Western Railway
Walton renamed Walton and Hersham.
  /  /1850London and South Western Railway
Shapley Heath renamed Winchfield.
  /  /1850London and South Western Railway
Shapley Heath renamed Winchfield around this year.
  /  /1850Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway
London and South Western Railway
Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1852London and South Western Railway
Kingston [2nd] renamed Kingston Junction.
31/12/1855Railway 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.
  /  /1856London and South Western Railway
Andover Road renamed Micheldever.
  /  /1858London and South Western Railway
Southampton [1st] renamed Southampton Docks.
  /  /1861London and South Western Railway
Portswood opened.
  /  /1861Portsmouth Railway
London and South Western Railway
Portsmouth Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1862Wimbledon and Dorking Railway
London and South Western Railway
Wimbledon and Dorking Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1863London and South Western Railway
Kingston Junction renamed Suburbiton.
  /  /1863London and South Western Railway
Clapham Common closed with opening of Clapham Junction.
  /  /1863London and South Western Railway
Clapham Junction opened. (With opening of the West London Extension Railway.)
  /  /1864London and South Western Railway
Brookwood opened.
  /  /1865North Devon Railway and Dock
London and South Western Railway
North Devon Railway and Dock absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1865Bideford Extension Railway
London and South Western Railway
Bideford Extension Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1865Devon 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).
  /  /1865Barnstaple and Ilfracombe Railway
London and South Western Railway
Barnstaple and Ilfracombe Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1867Thames Valley Railway
London and South Western Railway
Thames Valley Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1868North British Steam Packet Company
PS Waverley [II] sold to the London and South Western Railway for Southampton to Channel Islands.
  /  /1869London and South Western Railway
Fleetpond renamed Fleet.
  /  /1871London and South Western Railway
Raynes Park opened.
  /  /1872London and South Western Railway
Northam opened.
  /  /1875Somerset and Dorset Railway
London and South Western Railway and Midland Railway take control of the line.
  /  /1875Stokes Bay Railway and Pier
London and South Western Railway
Stokes Bay Railway and Pier absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1875Devon and Cornwall Railway
London and South Western Railway
Devon and Cornwall Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1876London and South Western Railway
Portswood renamed St Denys.
  /  /1877London and South Western Railway
Queen's Road Battersea opened.
  /  /1878Salisbury and Yeovil Railway
London and South Western Railway
Salisbury and Yeovil Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1880Isle 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.
  /  /1881London and South Western Railway
Wimbledon opened replacing Wimbledon [1st] to the south west.
  /  /1881Bishop's Waltham Railway
London and South Western Railway
Bishop's Waltham Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1882London and South Western Railway
Shawford opened.
  /  /1883London and South Western Railway
Swaything opened.
  /  /1883London and South Western Railway
Hook opened.
  /  /1883Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway
London and South Western Railway
Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1884London and South Western Railway
Earlsfield opened.
  /  /1884Mid-Hants Railway
London and South Western Railway
Mid-Hants Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1886Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway
London and South Western Railway
Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1886Barnstaple and Ilfracombe Railway
Rolles Quay branch opened by the London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1887London and South Western Railway
Byfleet opened.
  /  /1887Lymington Railway
London and South Western Railway
Lymington Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
01/06/1887Devon and Somerset Railway
Link to the London and South Western Railway's Barnstaple station opened.
  /  /1888Seaton and Beer Railway
London and South Western Railway
Seaton and Beer Railway absorbed by the London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1889London and South Western Railway
Bishopstoke renamed Eastleigh.
  /  /1891Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
Junction made with the London and South Western Railway at Shawford south of Winchester.
  /  /1892Poole and Bournemouth Railway
London and South Western Railway
Poole and Bournemouth Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1895Dugald 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.
  /  /1896London and South Western Railway
Southampton Docks renamed Southampton Town.
  /  /1907Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway
London and South Western Railway
Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1912Budleigh Salterton Railway
London and South Western Railway
Budleigh Salterton Railway absorbed by London and South Western Railway.
  /  /1923London and South Western Railway
Southampton Town renamed Southampton Terminus.
  /  /1927London and South Western Railway
West Weybridge opened.
  /  /1933London and South Western Railway
Berrylands opened.
  /  /1935London and South Western Railway
Walton and Hersham renamed Walton-on-Thames.
  /  /1936London and South Western Railway
Hensham opened.
  /  /1938London and South Western Railway
Bramshot Halt opened.
08/03/1943Didcot, 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.
  /  /1946London and South Western Railway
Bramshot Halt closed.
  /  /1949London and South Western Railway
Winchester renamed Winchester City.
  /  /1950London and South Western Railway
Byfleet renamed West Byfleet.
  /  /1957London and South Western Railway
Malden renamed New Malden.
  /  /1961London and South Western Railway
West Weybridge renamed Byfleet and New Haw.
  /  /1966London and South Western Railway
Southampton Terminus closed.
  /  /1966London and South Western Railway
Northam closed.
  /  /1966London and South Western Railway
Southampton Airport opened.
  /  /1967London and South Western Railway
Winchester City renamed Winchester.
  /  /1967North 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.
  /  /1980London and South Western Railway
Farnborough renamed Farnborough Main.
  /  /1980London and South Western Railway
Queen's Road Battersea renamed Queenstown Road (Battersea).
  /  /1986London and South Western Railway
Southampton Airport renamed Southampton Parkway.
12/12/1988London 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.
  /  /1994London and South Western Railway
Southampton Parkway renamed Southampton Airport Parkway.