Portsmouth Direct Line

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Woking-Portsmouth
Route length:	80 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Dual track :	Yes
Legend London Waterloo South Western Main Line Woking South Western Main Line to Weymouth Worplesdon New Guildford Line from Leatherhead North Downs Line from Reading Guildford Guildford Chalk Tunnel St Catherine's Hill Tunnel North Downs Line to / from Redhill / BML Cranleigh Line to Horsham Farncombe River Wey Godalming Milford Witley Haslemere Liphook Longmoor Military Railway from Bordon Liss Midhurst Railways from Chichester / Pulborough Petersfield Buriton tunnel Woodcroft Rowlands Castle Denvilles West Coastway Line from Brighton Havant Bedhampton West Coastway Line to Southampton Central Hilsea Fratton Southsea Railway to East Southsea Portsmouth & Southsea Portsmouth Harbor

The Portsmouth Direct Line is a rail link between Woking on the South Western Main Line and Portsmouth on the West Coastway Line . South West Trains run on it between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbor.

meaning

The Portsmouth Direct Line shortens the route between Portsmouth and London considerably. In addition to the Direct Line, there are also detours via the Brighton Main Line -West Coastway Line or South Western Main Line- Eastleigh to Fareham Line -West Coastway Line.

The SWT trains run between Waterloo and Woking on the SWML before they run over the PDL to Havant, and from there via a branch line of the WCL to Portsmouth Harbor.

history

The first section, Woking - Guildford , was opened to traffic on May 5, 1845. The builder was the London and South Western Railway (L & SWR). Godalming was reached on October 15, 1849 , before the line was completed in the 1850s with the closing of the gap to Havant at the WCL. In 1859, in the course of the Battle of Havant , the line was transferred to the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB & SCR), which competed with the L & SWR , and thus got a second main line from London to the south in addition to the Brighton Main Line . In 1937, the nearly 80-kilometer route was electrified.