Southern (train operating company)
- This article is about the Southern railway service in the United Kingdom. For articles about other Southern Railways around the world, see Southern Railway.
Southern is the latest name of the train operating company that took over from Connex South Central on the routes to South London, Surrey, and Sussex from Victoria and London Bridge.
The company was originally known as South Central, but on 30 May 2004, the franchise was rebranded as Southern, in a deliberate recollection of pre-nationalisation Southern Railway, with a green roundel logo with "Southern" written in yellow in a green bar.
Southern also operates the cross-London Watford Junction to Gatwick Airport / Brighton route via Kensington (Olympia) and Clapham Junction (the West London Line).
The franchise is owned by Go-Ahead Group.
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Routes
Details of each line are given at the External Link:
Main Routes
- Brighton Main Line (London-Gatwick-Brighton)
- Arun Valley Line (London – Littlehampton/Bognor Regis/Portsmouth/Southampton)
- East Coastway (Brighton-Eastbourne/Hastings)
- West Coastway (Brighton-Portsmouth/Southampton)
Commuter Lines
- Caterham and Tattenham Corner lines
- Marsh Link Line (Ashford-Hastings)
- London Bridge – Croydon via Sydenham
- London Victoria and London Bridge – Croydon via Norbury
- London Victoria-London Bridge via Crystal Palace
- Oxted Line (London Bridge-Oxted-East Grinstead/Uckfield)
- Redhill-Tonbridge line
- Sutton and Mole Valley lines
- West London Line (Clapham Junction-Watford Junction)
Rolling Stock
- Diesel Locomotives
- Class 09 shunters
- Diesel Multiple Units
- Electrical Multiple Units
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See also
Categories: British railway companies