Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
The Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway was a British railway company in England.
The company received on August 5, 1873 as "Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Junction Railway" the concession to build a railway line from the Great Western Railway route in Didcot to the London and South Western Railway route at Micheldever . Since the GWR and the L & SWR could not agree on the exact connection point, the company decided to build its own route to Southampton . It therefore changed its name on August 10, 1882.
Despite tight financial means, the section between Didcot and Newbury and on May 1, 1885 to Winchester was completed on April 13, 1882 . The L & SWR finally agreed to a connection in Winchester. The connection to Southampton was economically necessary for the company, as the expected transport volume from the port was expected. The two large companies GWR and L & SWR were reluctant to support DN&SR because they feared that it would cause a conflict with the other company. The operation of the entire route from Didcot to Winchester was incumbent on the Great Western Railway. This also provided the locomotives, the rolling stock and the staff. From Winchester Cheshill station to Southampton, L & SWR took over operations. For the rest of the route to Southampton, the company received route usage rights.
On January 1, 1923, the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway was integrated into the Great Western Railway on the basis of the Railways Act 1921 .
The line was closed in 1967 as a result of the Beeching ax .
literature
- Christopher Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Stephens, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .
- Paul Karau, Mike Parson, Kevin Robertson: Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway , Wild Swan Publications 2000, ISBN 978-0-906867-04-4
Web links
- railscot (english)