Southern Region of British Railways

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operating region of British Railways railway region

The Southern Region of British Railways was one of the post-nationalisation operating regions in the south of England, known for its dense commuter network and extensive electrified lines serving London and the surrounding areas.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Southern Region of British Railways canonical	11
British Railways Southern Region	7
Southern Region of British Railways (historical)	1
Southern Region of the former Southern Railway	1
Western Section (former LSWR network)	1
former Southern Region of British Rail	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	operating region of British Railways ⓘ railway region ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFormed	1948 ⓘ
formedBy	nationalisation of British railways ⓘ
formedFrom	Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ surface form: Southern Railway
hadCharacteristic	focus on passenger rather than freight traffic ⓘ high proportion of electrified track ⓘ intensive peak-hour services ⓘ
hadDepot	Brighton ⓘ Eastleigh ⓘ Hither Green ⓘ London Victoria ⓘ London Waterloo railway station ⓘ surface form: London Waterloo Stewarts Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadPrimaryFunction	commuter services to and from London ⓘ long-distance passenger services to the south coast ⓘ suburban passenger services ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
knownFor	dense commuter network ⓘ extensive electrification ⓘ
operatedIn	south of England ⓘ
operatedRoute	Brighton Main Line ⓘ Chatham Main Line ⓘ 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 line lines to Bournemouth ⓘ lines to Dover ⓘ lines to Folkestone ⓘ lines to Southampton ⓘ lines to Weymouth ⓘ
partOf	British Rail ⓘ surface form: British Railways
railwayGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
servedArea	Dorset ⓘ Hampshire ⓘ Isle of Wight ⓘ Kent ⓘ Surrey ⓘ Sussex ⓘ parts of Berkshire ⓘ parts of Wiltshire ⓘ
servedCity	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
status	defunct administrative region ⓘ
successorOf	Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ surface form: Southern Railway
usedElectrificationSystem	750 V DC third rail ⓘ
usedRollingStockType	diesel multiple units ⓘ electric multiple units ⓘ steam locomotives ⓘ
wasReorganisedInto	sectorisation of British Rail in the 1980s ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Southern Region of British Railways
Description of subject: The Southern Region of British Railways was one of the post-nationalisation operating regions in the south of England, known for its dense commuter network and extensive electrified lines serving London and the surrounding areas.

Referenced by (22)

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

Brentford railway station → formerCompany → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

Havant railway station → formerCompany → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

Reigate railway station → laterCompany → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

Southern Railway (UK) → successor → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways Southern Region

Southern Railway (UK) → operated line → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Section (former LSWR network)

Southern Railway (UK) → region after nationalisation → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

British Railways Western Region → concurrentWith → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways Southern Region

Frant railway station → railwayDivision → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

Walton-on-Thames railway station → laterCompany → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

British Rail first-generation DMUs → usedBy → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

Chertsey railway station → hasFormerRailwayCompany → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

Sutton Loop Line → railNetwork → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Region of the former Southern Railway

Dover Priory railway station → regionDuringBR → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

Cranleigh railway station → regionAfterNationalisation → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

Isleworth railway station → laterOperator → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways Southern Region

Windsor Lines → railwayDivisionOf → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: former Southern Region of British Rail

Waterloo to Exeter Line → successorOperator → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways Southern Region

Winchester railway station → hasFormerOperator → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways Southern Region

BR Standard Class 4 steam locomotives → regionOfOperation → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways Southern Region

Swanage Railway → laterOperator → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways Southern Region

Fleet railway station → hasRailwayCompanyPostgroup → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

Crawley railway station → railwayRegion → Southern Region of British Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Region of British Railways (historical)