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« on: June 13, 2021, 13:40:38 »

This page is linked to from the menu at the top of all of our pages. As at June 2021, these are the train operating companies running scheduled passenger trains in the area westwards and southwards from London.


Great Western Railway - https://www.gwr.com
London to the Thames Valley, Cotswolds, South West and South Wales, and regional and local services in those areas.

South Western Railway - https://www.southwesternrailway.com
South West of London commuter services, and extending to Exeter, Weymouth and Portsmouth, also Bristol via Salisbury. Some local trains in the area too.

Cross Country - https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Services via Birmingham - from the South and West to Birmingham from Bournemouth, Penzance and Cardiff. Onward from Birmingham to Scotland via Leeds and Newcastle, to Manchester, and to Nottingham.

Chiltern - https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk
London (Marylebone) to Oxford and to Birmingham and a little beyond via Banbury

Transport for London - https://tfl.gov.uk
London Underground, Overground and buses

Transport for Wales - https://tfwrail.wales/
Local and regional Trains and buses within Wales, also Marches line and extensions to Manchester and Birmingham Airport

West Midlands Railway - https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Local services in the West Midlands, including Birmingham to Worcester and Hereford

Southern Railway - https://www.southernrailway.com
London to the South Coast, and south coastway from Hastings to Southampton
               
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« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2021, 09:15:54 »

Do you include Crossrail under TFL (Transport for London). Tapolw is now a TFL sation with signs to prove it. As are presumably Burnham Langley and stations to Paddington.
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« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2021, 10:56:29 »

Do you include Crossrail under TFL (Transport for London).

Simple answer - yes, I have done.  As part of the Overground; perhaps I should edit the list and add it there.
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« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2021, 16:10:31 »

Do you include Crossrail under TFL (Transport for London).

Simple answer - yes, I have done.  As part of the Overground; perhaps I should edit the list and add it there.

London Overground and TfL» (Transport for London - about) Rail are separate entities:

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/tocs_maps/tocs/LO.aspx
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/tocs_maps/tocs/XR.aspx


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