The Southern Region was a constituent part of British Railways, the national, state-owned railway company of Great Britain. It was created on 1 January 1948, taking over the network of the former Sout
Richmond Railway Bridge spanning the Thames in Richmond upon Thames.
A Class 411 4-CEP unit in Jaffa Cake livery on a service to Hastings in 1986
St Lawrence Tunnel on the Ventnor West branch line in 1954, two years after closure
Heathfield station on the Cuckoo Line in 1972, seven years after closure
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The Southern Railway, sometimes shortened to 'Southern', was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. It linked London with the Channel ports, South West England, South coast resort
Southern Region of British Railways
…British Railways, the national, state-owned railway company of Great Britain. It was created on 1 January 1948, taking over the network of the former Southern Railway and some privately owned lines. It ran train services, managed stations, and maintained infrastructure and rolling stock until April 1992, when its…
1933 poster for the Southern Railway's newly electrified suburban services
1945 poster ('Shabby?') by L. A. Webb promising post-war refurbishment on the Southern Railway, showing Malachite Green and Sunshine Yellow livery
Sign in Norbiton Station's underpass on the Kingston Loop Line
Edmondson ticket for travel between Beltring and Branbridges Halt and Maidstone West.