Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway

The Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway was a British railway company in England.

The Company received on 5 August 1873 as " Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Junction Railway " the concession to build a railway from the Great Western Railway line in Didcot to London and South Western Railway track at Micheldever. Since the GWR and the L & SWR could not agree on the exact connection point, the company decided to build their own route to Southampton. They therefore changed to August 10, 1882 her name.

Despite the scarce financial resources of the section between Didcot and Newbury and on 1 May 1885, completed by Winchester on April 13, 1882. The L & SWR finally agreed to a joint in Winchester. For society, the connection to Southampton was economically necessary as it was expected, especially with the expected volume of transport from the port. The two major companies GWR and L & SWR were reluctant to support the DN & SR, fearing that they would thus trigger a conflict with the other company. The operation of the entire route from Didcot to Winchester was responsible for the Great Western Railway. This continued to the locomotives, rolling stock and staff. From the station to Southampton Winchester Cheshill to the L & SWR took over the operation. For the rest of the way up to Southampton, the Company received route use rights.

On January 1, 1923, the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway was built on the basis of the Railways Act 1921 in the Great Western Railway.

The line was closed as a result of the Beeching Axe in 1967.