Southern Railway (UK)

E102970
former company railway company

Southern Railway (UK) was a major British railway company formed in 1923 that operated routes in southern England, including busy commuter and coastal lines, until nationalisation in 1948.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Southern Railway 79
Southern Railway (UK) canonical 6
Southern Railway (historical) 3

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former company ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
chairman Sir Herbert Walker ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1948 ⓘ
electrification system 750 V DC third rail ⓘ
fate nationalisation ⓘ
formed by Railways Act 1921 ⓘ
headquarters location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
inception 1923 ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
known for extensive third-rail electrification ⓘ
main hub Blackfriars station ⓘ
Holborn Viaduct station ⓘ
London Bridge railway station ⓘ
surface form: London Bridge station

London Cannon Street ⓘ
surface form: London Cannon Street station

Charing Cross Underground station ⓘ
surface form: London Charing Cross station

London Victoria railway station ⓘ
surface form: London Victoria station

London Waterloo railway station ⓘ
surface form: London Waterloo station
nationalised into British Rail ⓘ
surface form: British Railways
operated coastal rail services ⓘ
commuter rail services ⓘ
operated in southern England ⓘ
operated line Brighton Main Line ⓘ
Central Section (former LB&SCR network) ⓘ
Chatham Main Line ⓘ
Eastern Section (former SE&CR network) ⓘ
Kent Coast Line ⓘ
surface form: Kent Coast lines

Portsmouth Direct Line ⓘ
South West Main Line ⓘ
surface form: South Western Main Line

Waterloo to Exeter Line ⓘ
surface form: Waterloo to Exeter route

Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ
surface form: Western Section (former LSWR network)
operating period interwar period ⓘ
owned Southern Railway electric multiple units ⓘ
Southern Railway steam locomotives ⓘ
part of Big Four (British railway companies) ⓘ
surface form: Big Four railway companies (UK)
predecessor London and South Western Railway ⓘ
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ⓘ
South Eastern and Chatham Railway ⓘ
region after nationalisation Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ
served area Cornwall ⓘ
Devon ⓘ
Dorset ⓘ
Hampshire ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ
Sussex ⓘ
served city Bournemouth ⓘ
Brighton ⓘ
Exeter ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Portsmouth ⓘ
Southampton ⓘ
successor Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ
surface form: British Railways Southern Region

Referenced by (96)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

London, Midland and Scottish Railway → competitor → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
British Rail → predecessor → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Transport Act 1947 → abolishedEntities → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Waterloo & City line → laterOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Hayes railway station (Bromley) → postGroupingCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Hayes line → historicalOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Ewell West railway station → formerOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
South West Main Line → historicalOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Bagshot railway station → postGroupingCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Railways Act 1921 → createdEntity → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
Big Four (British railway companies) → consistsOf → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
Big Four (British railway companies) → hasPart → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
LMS → concurrentWith → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Brentford railway station → formerCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Epsom Downs railway station → formerOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Havant railway station → formerCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Alton Line → historicalOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Basingstoke railway station → formerCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Guildford railway station → formerOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway (UK) historical company
London and South Western Railway → successor → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Reigate railway station → laterCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Tattenham Corner railway station → postGroupingCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Portsmouth Harbour railway station → postGroupingCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Brighton Main Line → laterOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway (UK, historical)
Portsmouth Direct Line → historicalOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Redhill railway station → laterCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Frant railway station → postGroupingOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Godalming railway station → postgroupCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Walton-on-Thames railway station → laterCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Tunbridge Wells Central → railwayCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Caterham railway station → postGroupingCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
South Eastern Railway → laterPartOf → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Tonbridge–Hastings railway → historicalOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Dorking West railway station → laterOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Oxted line → historicalOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway (UK, pre‑nationalisation)
Banstead railway station → postGroupingCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Oxted railway station → formerOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway (historical)
Chertsey railway station → hasFormerRailwayCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Sunbury railway station → postGroupingCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Dover Priory railway station → postGroupingCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Cranleigh railway station → operatedBy → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Cranleigh railway station → postGroupingCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Barnstaple railway station → hasRailwayCompanyPostGrouping → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Isleworth railway station → postgroupOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Windsor & Eton Riverside railway station → hasFormerOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Clapham Junction railway station → formerOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway (historical)
South Eastern Main Line → successorOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway (UK, pre‑1948)
Chatham Main Line → historicalOperator → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
Shepperton railway station → postGroupingCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Waterloo East → laterRailwayCompany → Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Railway