This article deals with the development of the London suburban railway lines of the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). For the wider view of the LSWR in general, see London and South Western Railway.
The London and Southampton Railway opened its main line progressively from 1838 and a year later changed its name to the London and South Western Railway. It was immediately successful, especially for passenger traffic, and the company quickly extended south-west and west to Gosport, Dorchester and Salisbury. At the same time it energetically and prospectively developed or acquired branch or loop lines in the territory to Windsor, Wokingham, Epsom and Guildford and beyond.
The "suburban area" is taken in this article to include the LSWR lines in what is now Greater London, Surrey and small parts of Berkshire extending to Twickenham, Ascot and Windsor in the north, and Epsom and Leatherhead in the south, as well as suburban development on the main line as far as Weybridge and the Chertsey loop. When the lines were promoted, places served on these lines were recorded such as in the Victoria County History of Surrey in 1910-1912 as rural villages, London suburbs or towns.
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development of the London suburban railway lines of the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). For the wider view of the LSWR in general, see London and...
The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and...
its train at the end of a journey. Under LSWR and Southern Railway ownership they had been successful suburban passenger engines, although with the increased...
addition. Both independent companies were absorbed into the LSWR. They formed the basis for branch lines and extensions in west London and beyond. They were on...
began on 1 December 1909. The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) electrified its lines on the third rail DC system. Public services began on 25 October...
The Exeter to Plymouth railway of the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) was the westernmost part of a route competing with that of the Great Western...
preserved, both in operational condition. In 1850, the LSWR decided that the London suburban passenger services should be operated using small tank locomotives...
The LSWR O2 class is a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotive designed for the London and South Western Railway by William Adams. Sixty were constructed during...
withdrawal occurred between 1871 and 1899. The LSWR developed an extensive network of suburbanlines in south-west London between the 1840s and the 1880s...
competition with the established routes of the LSWR; in addition the proposal presumed outer suburban main line steam trains mingling with the District...
by the conversion of relatively new coaches built for suburban steam-hauled operation. The LSWR generated its own electric power at a new power station...
from the SER station to the mixed gauge lines, but the Commons committee rejected the proposal. By now both the LSWR (as sponsors of the SW&WJR) and the SER...
Railway, and was planned to give access from all those companies to the LSWRlines. Much of the traffic was inter-company goods movements, but the North...
Dorking North/Bookham and the Guildford New Line. July 1927 Leatherhead LSWR station closes – from 10th, all trains use LBSCR station, thanks to new spur...
chiefly a defensive measure to limit the incursion of rival railways into LSWR territory. It ran from Kensington on the West London Railway, by way of Hammersmith...
London's public transport network became more unified, with existing suburban rail lines across London upgraded and rebranded as London Overground from 2007...
along with all the other remaining broad gauge lines, was converted to standard gauge. Another LSWR line reached Launceston on 21 July 1886, offering...
the LCDR and Bricklayers Arms on the SER. Traffic from GNR to LSWR used the Widened Lines to Clapham Junction or Brentford, or the North London and North...
that allowed a suburban service to be operated between Plympton and Saltash in response to competition from street tramways. The LSWR instigated a similar...
station for the area, relieving the cramped yard at Epsom (LSWR). One of the last new lines to be built in Britain before the HS1 era was the Wimbledon...
built in the early 20th century for the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) and before entering passenger service one was lent to the Great Western...
This list is for railway lines across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which are now abandoned, closed, dismantled or disused. Within the United Kingdom...
directors. The LSWR had made a territorial exclusivity agreement several years previously: each agreed not to make or encourage lines that encroached...
Coast Railway (LBSCR) for suburban work. However they were not entirely successful due to their limited power. From 1906, the LSWR’s own O2 class were employed;...
worked by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). It was transferred to the joint ownership of the LSWR and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway...
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