Portsmouth Direct Line

Portsmouth Direct Line
Description	The Portsmouth Direct Line from Shalford Junction to Havant exclusive
Country	United Kingdom
Time period	2010s
Train Operating Company	South Western Railway
Simulation difficulty
Author	Oxalin
Website	Portsmouth Direct Line
Rolling Stock	Class 444 Class 450
Route map Guildford & London Farncombe Godalming Milford Witley Haslemere Liphook Liss Petersfield Buriton Tunnel Rowlands Castle Portsmouth

The Portsmouth Direct Line splits from the South Western Main Line at Woking and runs through the South Downs to Portsmouth. This route represents the stretch from Shalford Junction (just south of Guildford) to Havant exclusive.

The majority of the line is a simple two track route, however Haslemere station in the middle has three platforms which can be used for services to overtake each other, and terminate. The route also has several level crossings, which increase the difficulty slightly.

Timetable

The standard service pattern is as follows:

Portsmouth Direct Line Services
Train Operating Company	Origin	Destination	Frequency (tph)
South Western Railway	London Waterloo	Portsmouth Harbour	2
		Portsmouth and Southsea	1
		Haslemere	1

Several additional peak services operate, and one CrossCountry empty coaching stock move runs each way during the day.

Operational Tips

Keep an eye on departure times from Haslemere - especially heading south trains overtake each other here. Typically the train with the longer dwell should be routed into platform 2 (the middle platform), although sometimes other services don’t allow this, so be careful!