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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 3 (July 1, 1932)

The Port of Southampton

The Port of Southampton.

One of the principal points of entry into Britain is the Port of Southampton, and improvements put in hand there by the Southern Railway will greatly facilitate the handling of passenger business. The works include the abolition of level crossings, and the provision of four tracks through Southampton West passenger station. The existing up and down tracks through the station will in future both be utilised for up traffic, while the existing down platform is to be extended and converted into an island platform, 35ft. wide and 910ft. long. New waiting and refreshment rooms will also be provided. To the south of the new island platform there will be installed two new tracks for down traffic; and southward of these new tracks there is to be built a new down platform, with commodious ticket offices, waiting rooms, refreshment rooms, luggage offices, etc.

The whole of the railways and docks at Southampton are owned and operated by the Southern Railway, the third largest Home line, with headquarters at Waterloo terminal, London. Features of the port equipment are the huge wet docks capable of accommodating the largest liners, and the enormous dry dock—the largest in the world—which proves page 27 so useful in the overhaul of modern ocean giants. All the employees on the Southampton docks, both railway and marine, are on the payroll of the Southern Railway.