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London Waterloo Clapham Junction Woking (for Portsmouth Direct Line ) Brookwood (for Alton Line ) Farnborough (Main) Fleet Winchfield Hook Basingstoke (for West Of England Main Line ) Micheldever Winchester Shawford Eastleigh (for lines to Fareham and Romsey ) Southampton Airport (Parkway) Swaythling St Denys Southampton Central (for West Coastway and Wessex Main Line ) Millbrook Redbridge Totton Ashurst New Forest Beaulieu Road Brockenhurst (for Lymington Branch Line ) Sway New Milton Hinton Admiral Christchurch Pokesdown Bournemouth Branksome Parkstone Poole Hamworthy Holton Heath Wareham Wool Moreton Dorchester South Upwey (for Heart Of Wessex Line ) Weymouth }} ]] The South Western Main Line is the from London Waterloo to Weymouth on the Dorset coast. The main towns served by the route, starting from London, are:
]] Many sections of the line are relatively high-speed, with large stretches cleared for 100mph. The line was electrified to Bournemouth in 1967, using the 750V DC Third-rail system. Electrification as far as Weymouth was completed in 1988, to coincide with the introduction of the new Class 442 'Wessex Electric' trains. The majority of passenger services are currently operated by South West Trains , with an hourly service departing Weymouth on the hour and Waterloo at 35 minutes past the hour; additional trains operate from Wareham to Winchester, stopping at all stations. Virgin Trains services between the Midlands and Bournemouth join the South Western Main Line at Basingstoke. SEE ALSO London And South Western Railway for the history of the line |
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