INTRODUCTION Today I will be suggesting the South western mainline and Portsmouth direct Line operated by South Western Railway (DfT Operator Ltd. ) . This route will have 40 stations in total and will be 83 miles (142 km) long. THE ROUTE The route starts at London Waterloo, located in Central London, ending at Portsmouth Harbour and Basingstoke, located in South East England STATIONS • London Waterloo • Vauxhall • Queenstown Road • Clapham Junction • Earlsfield • Wimbledon • Raynes Park • New Malden • Berry Lands • Surbiton • Esher • Hersham • Walton-On-Thames • Weybridge • Byfleet & New Haw • West Byfleet • Woking • Worplesdon • Guildford • Farncombe • Godalming • Milford • Witley • Haslemere • Liphook • Liss • Petersfield • Rowlands Castle • Havant • Bedhampton • Hilsea • Fratton • Portsmouth & Southsea • Portsmouth Harbour {⛴} Basingstoke line • London Waterloo • Vauxhall • Queenstown Road • Clapham Junction • Earlsfield • Wimbledon • Raynes Park • New Malden • Berry Lands • Surbiton • Esher • Hersham • Walton-On-Thames • Weybridge • Byfleet & New Haw • West Byfleet • Woking • Brookwood • Farnborough • Fleet • Winchfield • Hook • Basingstoke ROLLING STOCK 450/0 450/1 The Class 450 manufactured by Siemens Transportation System as part of the Desiro family built in vienna and uerdingen from 2002-2006 one hundred and twenty seven of these four car trains have a maximum speed of 100 mph (160 km/h) the safety systems used are TPWS/AWS. 450/0 & 1 (4 car, third rail ,used on DC lines ) 450/1 - 285 seats 100 mph (160 km/h) 450/0 - 285 seats 100 mph (160 km/h) Services Waterloo - Portsmouth Waterloo -Woking Waterloo- Basingstoke 444/0 The Class 444 manufactured by Siemens Transportation System as part of the Desiro family built in vienna from 2002-2004 fourty five of these five car trains have a a maximum speed of 100 mph (160 km/h) the safety systems used are TPWS/AWS. 444/0 (5 car, third rail ,used on DC lines) 444/0 - 359 seats 100 mph (160 km/h) Services Waterloo - Portsmouth Waterloo -Woking Waterloo- Basingstoke POTENTIAL ADD-ON 455/7 455/8 The class 455 manufactured by British Rail Engineering Limited as part of the BR Second Generation family built at Holgate Road carriage works from 1982-1985 one hundred and thirty seven four car trains were built with seventy nine remaining the maximum speed of this train is 75 mph (121 km/h and the safety systems used are TPWS/AWS. 455/7 (4 car,Third rail ,used on DC electrified lines ) 455/8 (4 car,Third rail ,used on DC electrified lines ) 455/7 - 244 seats 75 mph (121 km/h) 455/8 - 244 seats 75 mph (121 km/h) Services This train would run Services from Waterloo to Woking and other services in the London and Hampshire area DEPOTS -Wimbledon TMD -Fratton CONCLUSION Thank you for reading my suggestion suggestion if i have gotten any information wrong please correct me
A great route, well described and presented, if it ever materialises I would purchase it the same day it's released.
Would support this, Waterloo is one of the major London termini we are still missing in TSW and unlike all the others actually allows for a number of classic London landmarks to be glimpsed (London Eye, Houses of Parliament). A run to the coast would be perfect. If not Portsmouth, then how about Waterloo to Guildford with the inclusion of both the old (via Woking) and new (via Effingham Junction) lines? Plus the branch line to Hampton Court - only two additional stops, another landmark to glimpse, and creates another perfect (30min) commuter journey that would be different from the mostly semi fast Woking services. Hopefully it will be easier for DTG to finally get the SWR licence now that it has been taken over by DfT. Day 1 purchase for me too.
