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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]
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.
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.
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.
At this point, it was renamed Southampton, [6] although it was once again renamed to Southampton Central in 1994. [7] A partnership between Network Rail, South West Trains and Southampton City Council saw a £3 million investment in the refurbishment of the station entrances and improved passenger facilities which was completed in 2012. [8]
Hamble railway station is an unstaffed station near the village of Hamble-le-Rice, England.It is served by a 2-track electrified line which joins the Southampton to London main line, in the direction of Southampton at St Denys in Southampton, and joins the line running east from Eastleigh at Fareham.