Southern Railway (UK)

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The Southern Railway (sometimes shortened to SR or Southern) was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. It linked London with the Channel ports, South West England, South Coast resorts and Kent. The railway was formed by the amalgamation of several smaller railway companies, the largest of which were the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) and the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SE&CR). The construction of what was to become the Southern Railway began in 1838 with the opening of the London and Southampton Railway, which was renamed the LSWR. The railway was noted for its astute use of public relations and a coherent management structure headed by Sir Herbert Walker. At 2,186 miles (3,518 km), the Southern Railway was the smallest of the Big Four railway companies and the only one to operate entirely in England; unlike the others, the majority of its revenue came from passenger traffic rather than freight...

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