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The Chertsey Branch Line, opened in 1848, connects the Waterloo to Reading Line at to the South Western Main Line at . It is also referred to as the Weybridge Line. ==History== On 16 July 1846, the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) was authorised to construct a railway line from to Egham, close to Staines Bridge. This was opened as far as on 14 February 1848. The planned section beyond was not built by the LSWR, because a different company – the Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway (WS&SWR) – was authorised on 25 June 1847 to build a line from Staines to Pirbright and a branch from that line to Chertsey, where it would connect with the LSWR branch from Weybridge. The WS&SWR line was not built, and the powers expired. On 23 June 1864, the LSWR was authorised to construct an extension long from Chertsey to meet the Staines, Wokingham and Windsor Junction Railway (SW&WJR) at Virginia Water, and this line opened on 1 October 1866. The line was double-track, and at its northern end there was a single-track spur facing Reading; this spur was doubled on 4 August 1897. The junction at the Weybridge end was also made triangular: the new curve was authorised on 20 August 1883, and opened on 10 August 1885; it was not regularly used until 4 July 1887. The junction of this curve with the down line near Byfleet was altered to a burrowing junction from 19 February 1903.〔 The single-track chord giving access from Chertsey towards Ascot was closed in 1966. The line was electrified (660v DC third rail) on 3 January 1937 by the Southern Railway. Stations on the line are: * * * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chertsey Branch Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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