Category:Southern Railway (Great Britain)

**Southern Railway**
	British “Big 4” railway company, active 1923–1947
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Instance of	railway company; business;
Location	United Kingdom;
Item operated	LB&SCR A1X class W8 Freshwater (W2, 1923–); Manning Wardle works no. 1555 (W1, 1923–); LB&SCR A1 class 77 “Wonersh” (LB&SCR A1 class 75 “Blackwall”, W3); Beyer Peacock works no. 1583 (W4, 1923–); Beyer Peacock works no. 1584 (W5, 1923–); Black, Hawthorn & Co. works no. 999 (W6, 1923–1926); Beyer Peacock works no. 2231 (W7, 1923–1926); Isle of Wight Central Railway no. 8 (W8, 1923–); LB&SCR A1 class 75 “Blackwall” (W9, 1923–1927); LB&SCR A1 class 69 “Peckham” (W10, 1923–1936); LB&SCR A1X class 40 Brighton → W11 Newport (W11, 1923–); LB&SCR A1 class 84 “Crowborough” (W12, 1923–); LB&SCR A1 class 77 “Wonersh” (W13, Isle of Wight Railway “Ryde”, 1932–); Isle of Wight Railway “Ryde” (LB&SCR A1 class 77 “Wonersh”, W13, 1923–1932); Isle of Wight Railway “Shanklin” (W14, 1923–1927); Isle of Wight Railway “Ventnor” (W15, 1923–1925); Isle of Wight Railway “Wroxall” (W16, 1923–1933); Isle of Wight Railway “Brading” (W17, 1923–1926); Isle of Wight Railway “Bonchurch” (W18, 1923–1928); LB&SCR A1X class 50 Sutton (1923–); LSWR O2-class 178 → W14 “Fishbourne” (1923–); LSWR O2 class 195 → W15 “Cowes” (1923–); LSWR O2 class 217 → W16 “Ventnor” (1923–); LSWR O2 class 208 → W17 “Seaview” (1923–); LSWR O2 class 220 → W18 “Ningwood” (1923–); LSWR O2 class 206 → W19 “Osborne” (1923–);
Headquarters location	London Waterloo station;
Inception	1 January 1923;
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date	10 June 1949;
Replaces	South Eastern and Chatham Railway; Isle of Wight Railway; Isle of Wight Central Railway; London and South Western Railway; London, Brighton and South Coast Railway; Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway; Exeter and Crediton Railway; South Eastern Railway; London, Chatham and Dover Railway;
Replaced by	Southern Region of British Railways;
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	Q741266; VIAF ID: 34145857775223020159; GND ID: 5132921-9; Library of Congress authority ID: n50057628; BabelNet ID: 03172657n; J9U ID: 987007604858805171; NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA03607025
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The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1923 and 1947, was geographically the smallest of the four railway systems created in the Grouping ordered by the Railways Act 1921.