Midland and South Western Junction Railway

Midland and South Western Junction Railway
[v · d · e]Midland and South Western Junction Railway
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GWR Gloucester to
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Cheltenham Lansdown station
Birmingham Line
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GWR Honeybourne Line
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Leckhampton
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Charlton Kings
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Andoversford
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B&CDR Line to Banbury
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Andoversford and Dowdeswell
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Withington
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Chedworth
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Foss Cross
Cirencester Town
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Cirencester Watermoor
(GWR station)
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Cerney and Ashton Keynes
Cricklade
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(South Cerney)
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Hayes Knoll
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Blunsdon
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Moredon Platform
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Moredon power station
GWR to Gloucester
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GWR main line to Bristol
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Swindon
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Rushey Platt
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Swindon Town
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Chiseldon
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Chiseldon Camp Halt
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Ogbourne
Marlborough (GWR station)
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Marlborough (M&SWJR station)
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Link (1883-98, 1926-64)
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GWR Marlborough Goods
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Marlborough tunnel
Reading to Taunton Line
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Link (1933-64)
Burbage Wharf
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Goods Station
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Savernake High Level
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Savernake Low Level
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Grafton and Burbage
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Collingbourne Kingston Halt
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Collingbourne
Tidworth
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(Military Depot)
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Ludgershall
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Weyhill
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Waterloo - Exeter Line
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Andover Junction
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Andover Town
Clatford
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Fullerton-Hurstbourne Line
Fullerton Junction
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Stockbridge
Sprat and Winkle Line
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Horsebridge
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Mottisfont
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Romsey
Wessex Main Line
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Romsey-Eastleigh Line
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Nursling
South Western Main Line
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Redbridge
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Millbrook
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Southampton Central
Southampton Terminus
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Civic Centre Tunnel
To Southampton
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LSWR Main Line
Eastern Docks

The Midland and South Western Junction Railway (M&SWJR) was, until the 1923 Grouping, an independent railway built to form a north-south link between the Midland and London and South Western Railways (LSWR) allowing the Midland and other companies' trains to reach the port of Southampton.

Contents

Formation

The M&SWJR was formed in 1884 from the amalgamation of the Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway and the Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway.

The Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway

The Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway was incorporated in 1873 and opened in three stages:

  • Swindon to Marlborough, 27 July 1881
  • Grafton to Andover, 1 May 1882
  • the complete line from Swindon to Andover was opened on 5 February 1883, by running trains over the Great Western Railway's Marlborough branch and a section of the Berks and Hants Extension Railway, as the SM&AR was unable to complete its own line between Marlborough and Grafton.

The Swindon & Cheltenham Extension Railway (S&CER)

The S&CER was incorporated in 1881 and its line was opened that year from Swindon to Cirencester, but financial difficulties halted further construction.

Completion of the line

After the two railways amalgamated, the original intention of the S&CER to reach Cheltenham was realised in 1891, albeit by obtaining running powers over the final 7.5 miles (12 km) from a junction at Andoversford over GWR metals to reach the Midland Railway station at Cheltenham (Lansdown).

In 1892 the M&SWJR secured running powers over the LSWR Sprat and Winkle Line between Andover and Southampton; from then onwards through workings were operated for trains from the Midlands and beyond: Bradford, Manchester and Liverpool were all connected via the line with Southampton at various times over the following years.

The final section of the line to be built was the missing link between Marlborough and Grafton. The Marlborough and Grafton Railway was incorporated in 1893 and the line was opened in 1898; the M&SWJR took formal ownership of the Marlborough and Grafton Railway in 1899.

For a fuller description of the intricacies of the M&SWJR in the Marlborough and Savernake areas see Marlborough railway stations.

The success of the line was partly hampered by the GWR's demand of high fees for connections with its metals at Marlborough and Swindon. The original plan to run shuttles between the M&SWJR's Swindon Town railway station and the GWR's Swindon Junction station lasted only a couple of years before being abandoned as too expensive. This meant M&SWJR passengers had to disembark at Swindon Old Town station and travel by road to the GWR station approximately one-and-a-half miles away. At Marlborough, until the M&SWJR built its own line south of the town, the GWR insisted that any passengers wanting to change to its trains at Savernake Low Level station had to travel south from Marlborough on the GWR's branch line.

Locomotives

Main articles: Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway
and Locomotives of the Great Western Railway
Swindon Marlborough & Andover Railway Single Fairlie 0-4-4T of 1878.

Most locomotives were bought from Dübs and Company (and its successor the North British Locomotive Company) and from Beyer Peacock.

Grouping

At the Grouping in 1923 the railway became a part of the GWR. At this time the M&SWJR owned 29 locomotives, 134 coaching vehicles, and 379 goods and service vehicles.

Nationalisation

On nationalisation in 1948 the M&SWJR was split between the Western and Southern Regions of British Railways. The line closed on 10 September 1961.

The M&SWJR today

Swindon

Former trackbed of the railway south of Swindon
  • A short length has been re-opened as the Swindon and Cricklade Railway.
  • The M4 motorway has been built over a short section of the route between Chiseldon and Swindon.
  • Station Industrial Estate now occupies the site of the Old Town station.

Elsewhere

  • National Cycle Network route 45 uses a large proportion of the trackbed between Cricklade and Marlborough .
  • A short length, Andover-Red Post Junction-Ludgershall, remains open to serve the military depot at Tidworth.
  • There have been talks in recent years of a reopening of the Andover to Ludgershall part of the line to serve the growing town and the expanding military base.
  • A boiler (believed to be from a former M&SWJR locomotive[citation needed]) formerly used as a stationary boiler at Didcot motive power depot survives at the Great Western Society's museum at Didcot.

See also

External links


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