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The first written proposal for a railway line linking London and Southampton was published on 23 October 1830 by a group chaired by the Southampton MP Abel Rous Dottin. [2] [3] The following February, Francis Giles was commissioned to survey the route and a formal scheme, which also included the construction of new docks on the Solent, was presented at a public meeting on 6 April 1831. [4]
Southern operate hourly services: between Brighton and Southampton Central; and between London Victoria and Southampton. The Southampton to London Victoria trains introduced at electrification created many direct routes, from Southampton, Swanwick, Fareham and Cosham to the West Sussex coast and particularly to Gatwick Airport.
System map of the Southampton and Netley Railway in 1866. The London and Southampton Railway had opened its line in 1840 [1] and then in 1841 gave Portsmouth a half-hearted railway connection at Gosport, requiring a ferry crossing and a roundabout route to get to London.
The station is approached from the London direction by passing through Southampton Tunnel and is 79 miles 19 chains (127.5 km) measured from London Waterloo. [ note 1 ] It is the busiest station in Hampshire.
The London and Southampton Railway was an early 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge railway company between London and Southampton, in England.It opened in stages from 1838 to 1840 after a difficult construction period, but was commercially successful.
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