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South Western Railway (SWR; legal name First MTR South Western Trains Limited, [3]) is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup (70%) and MTR Corporation (30%) that operates the South Western franchise. On 20 August 2017, SWR took over South Western franchise operations from the previous franchisee South West Trains.
South Western is a railway franchise for the provision of passenger services from London Waterloo to destinations in Surrey, Hampshire, Somerset, Dorset, Berkshire, Wiltshire and Devon on the South West, Portsmouth Direct and West of England main lines.
South Western Railway: Platforms: 5 (4 in passenger use) Other information; Station code: SOU: Classification: DfT category B: History; Original company: London and South Western Railway: Pre-grouping: London and South Western Railway: Post-grouping: Southern Railway: Key dates; 1 November 1895: Opened as Southampton West: 1934–1935: Enlarged ...
South Western Railway will be the first rail operator to return to public ownership next year, marking a pivotal moment in the long-awaited overhaul of Britain’s railways, the government has ...
Great Western Railway (GWR) also launched a pay-as-you-go system called GWR PAYG in August 2022, which requires the use of the GWR Touch smartcard. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Transport for Wales (TFW/TrC) have also started rolling out a Pay-as-you-go system using EMV cards from February 7th 2024 across South East Wales.
Three rail operators will be renationalised by Labour next year after it passed a law allowing it to do so. South Western Railways will be renationalised in May 2025, C2C in July 2025, and Greater ...
South Western Railway: Platforms: 5: Other information; Station code: BSK: Classification: DfT category B: History; Original company: London and South Western Railway: Pre-grouping: London and South Western Railway: Post-grouping: Southern Railway: Key dates; 10 June 1839 () Station opened: Passengers; 2019/20: 5.702 million Interchange 3.146 ...
The area of operation was the former South Western division of Network SouthEast, and was also roughly that of the pre-1923 London & South Western Railway (excluding everything west of Exeter). As part of the privatisation of British Rail, SWT was taken over by Stagecoach. In 2004, the franchise was retained by Stagecoach when re-tendered.