Midland and South Western Junction Railway information
Transport company
Not to be confused with the 'old' Midland and South Western Junction Railway, the original name of the Dudding Hill Line in London (authorised 1864, vested in the Midland Railway 1874). The two railways have no other connection.
Midland and South Western Junction Railway
1920 map of the railway
Overview
Status
Disused
Termini
Cheltenham Spa
Andover
Service
Type
Heavy rail
Operator(s)
Midland and South Western Junction Railway Great Western Railway British Railways
History
Opened
1884–1891
Closed
Passengers 1961 Goods 1964–1970
Technical
Line length
63 miles 75 chains (102.9 km) (1919)[1]
Track length
118 miles 63 chains (191.2 km) (1919)[1]
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
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Midland and South Western Junction Railway
Legend
MR
Gloucester to
Birmingham Line
Cheltenham Spa
GWR Honeybourne Line
Cheltenham South
& Leckhampton
Charlton Kings
Andoversford
B&CDR line to Banbury
Andoversford
and Dowdeswell
Withington
Chedworth Halt
Foss Cross
Cirencester Town
Cirencester Watermoor
GWR to Kemble
Cerney and
Ashton Keynes
Cricklade
Hayes Knoll
Swindon & Cricklade Rly
Blunsdon
Moredon Halt
Moredon power station
GWR
Golden Valley line
to Gloucester
GWR Main Line to Bristol
Swindon
Rushey Platt
Swindon Town
Chiseldon
Chiseldon Camp Halt
Ogbourne
Marlborough (GWR)
Marlborough Low Level
link (
1883–1898
1926–1964
)
Marlborough
Goods
(GWR)
Reading–Taunton line
Marlborough tunnel
Burbage Wharf goods
link (1933–1964)
Savernake Low Level
Savernake High Level
Reading–Taunton line
Grafton and Burbage
Collingbourne
Kingston Halt
Tidworth
Collingbourne
(Military Depot)
Ludgershall
Weyhill
Sprat and Winkle Line
Waterloo–Exeter Line
Andover Junction
Andover Town
Clatford
Fullerton to Hurstbourne Line
Fullerton Junction
Stockbridge
Horsebridge
Mottisfont
Romsey
Wessex Main Line
Eastleigh–Romsey line
Nursling
London & South Western Rly
South West Main Line
Redbridge
Sprat and Winkle Line
Millbrook
Southampton Central
Southampton Terminus
Southampton Tunnel
to Southampton
Eastern Docks
London & South Western Rly
South West Main Line
The Midland and South Western Junction Railway (M&SWJR) was an independent railway built to form a north–south link between the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway in England, allowing the Midland and other companies' trains to reach the port of Southampton.[2] The M&SWJR was formed in 1884 from the amalgamation of the Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway and the Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway. The line was absorbed by the Great Western Railway at the 1923 grouping of the railways, and became part of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The railway closed to passengers in 1961, and to goods between 1964 and 1970. A small part of it has been reopened as the heritage Swindon and Cricklade Railway.
^ abThe Railway Year Book for 1920. London: The Railway Publishing Company Limited. 1920. p. 215.
^"Swindon & Cricklade Railway – Brief history of the MSWJ". Swindon-cricklade-railway.org. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
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