Southern Railway (UK)

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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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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

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Deal railway station formerRailwayCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
North Kent Line historicalOperator Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Pokesdown railway station formerOperator Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Richmond Underground station hasFormerOperator Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Sidcup railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Penge West railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Waterloo to Exeter Line successorOperator Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Winchester railway station hasFormerOperator Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway successor Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
London Chatham and Dover Railway successor Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Hayes railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Maidstone West railway station formerOperator Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Maidstone Barracks railway station postgroupOperator Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Carshalton Beeches railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Bracknell railway station laterOperatedBy Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Bromley South railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Wandsworth Common railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Bromley North railway station laterCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Bognor Regis railway station operatorBrand Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway (GTR)
Erode Junction railwayNetwork Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway network
Eden Park railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Elmers End railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Catford Bridge railway station laterOperatedBy Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Kent coalfield transportLinkedTo Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Ryde St John’s Road railway station formerOperator Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Island Line railway laterOperator Southern Railway (UK)
subject surface form: Island Line
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Brading railway station formerOperator Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
South Eastern and Chatham Railway successor Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
South Eastern and Chatham Railway preGroupingCompanyOf Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Whyteleafe railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Upper Warlingham railway station laterOperator Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Swanage Railway laterOperator Southern Railway (UK)
Lymington Pier railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Betchworth railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Hampton Court branch line formerOperator Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Lymington Town railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Lewes railway station formerOperator Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway (historical)
Grouping Act createdEntity Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway (UK)
Big Four hasPart Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway successorOwner Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways successorOf Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways formedFrom Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Ifield railway station hasOperatorHistory Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway (historical pre-nationalisation)
Farnborough (Main) railway station postGroupingCompany Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Railway Executive replaced Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway
Railway Executive predecessor Southern Railway (UK)
this entity surface form: Southern Railway