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The Wessex Main Line is the railway line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central. [1] Diverging from this route is the Heart of Wessex Line from Westbury to Weymouth . The Wessex Main Line intersects the Reading to Taunton Line at Westbury and the West of England Main Line at Salisbury .
After dieselisation using 3H units in 1958, the general service pattern every hour was one semi-fast from Portsmouth to Southampton and Salisbury (some extended to Bristol), one stopping to Southampton Central and one train to Botley and Eastleigh (some extended to Reading and, until 1966, Romsey via Chandler's Ford).
The South West Main Line [1] (SWML) is a 143-mile (230 km) major railway line between Waterloo station in central London and Weymouth on the south coast of England. A predominantly passenger line, it serves many commuter areas including south western suburbs of London and the conurbations based on Southampton and Bournemouth.
There are five trains an hour to London Waterloo, taking the South West Main Line or the Portsmouth Direct Line. Between Southampton and Portsmouth, two trains run per hour, with one being a stopping service. Along Southampton-Fareham line the four trains per hour run. [21] [22] [23] [24]
From Waterloo, SWT's London terminus, long-distance trains ran to southern England, including the major coastal population centres of Portsmouth, Southampton, Bournemouth, Poole and Weymouth. There were also trains to Reading, Exeter and Bristol, but these were not the principal fast services from London to those cities, which are operated from ...
Bristol Temple Meads – Avonmouth or Severn Beach; Great Malvern – Bristol Temple Meads – Southampton Central or Weymouth; Swindon – Gloucester or Weymouth; Cardiff Central – Portsmouth Harbour; 1990–92 3 16 166: 3 21 Great Western Railway: 1992–93 345: Electric Multiple Unit: 90 145 9 70 Elizabeth line
Fareham was already connected with Portsmouth, so by this means, a through route from Southampton to Portsmouth was created. In 1990 the line was electrified, and the passenger train service pattern was changed, with many more trains taking advantage of the Farlington Junction to Cosham chord, to run direct from Havant to Fareham avoiding ...
4 tph to Southampton Central, of which 1 continues to Cardiff Central via Bristol Temple Meads; 3 tph to Portsmouth & Southsea of which 2 continue to Portsmouth Harbour; The station is also served by limited Southern and Great Western Railway services to and from Southampton that run via Eastleigh instead of Swanwick.