South West Main Line
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The South West Main Line is a 143-mile 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
A South Western Railway Class 701 approaching Clapham Junction
Nine Elms station opened as the temporary London terminus in 1838.
Waterloo station on opening in 1848
The S&DR Dorchester station on opening in 1847
Clapham Junction is a major railway station near St John's Hill in south-west Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It lies 2 miles 57 chains from London Victoria and 3 miles 74 cha
South West Main Line
…couple of miles from the Waterloo terminus, the line runs briefly alongside the Brighton Main Line west branch out of London Victoria, including through Clapham Junction. 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…
South West (Brighton Yard) entrance
A Class 73 locomotive with track workers maintaining the railway in 1986
Clapham Junction in 2022
The subway at Clapham Junction during the night.