South Western Main Line

Waterloo’s main line to the sea: Winchester’s cathedral close, Southampton’s ocean-liner docks, Bournemouth sands and the Jurassic Coast at Weymouth.

Stations

1. 0 kmLondon Waterloo
2. 6 kmClapham Junction
3. 77 kmBasingstoke
4. 107 kmWinchester
5. 120 kmSouthampton Airport Parkway
6. 127 kmSouthampton Central
7. Show 9 more stations

   1. 149 kmBrockenhurst
   2. 158 kmNew Milton
   3. 167 kmChristchurch
   4. 171 kmPokesdown
   5. 173 kmBournemouth
   6. 183 kmPoole
   7. 186 kmHamworthy
   8. 191 kmHolton Heath
   9. 194 kmWareham
8. 202 kmWool
9. 209 kmMoreton
10. 218 kmDorchester South
11. 225 kmUpwey
12. 229 kmWeymouth

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 13193170 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the scheduled train on this line
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the South Western Main Line?

The South Western Main Line runs 230 km from London to Weymouth.

How long does the South Western Main Line take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 2 h 55 min for the 230 km. That is an average of 79 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.

Who runs the South Western Main Line?

South Western Railway, with SWR Class 444.

How old is the South Western Main Line?

The line has been in service since 1857. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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