Hello! We're South Western Railway. We're looking forward to welcoming you aboard.

At South Western Railway we know that you want a safe, reliable, punctual service. We’re committed to providing this, to help deliver the best service we can.

We continually measure our service reliability and punctuality and report on how we are performing against targets which are set in our Passenger’s Charter.

Operating over 1,500 services each weekday across the network, South Western Railway (SWR) employs more than 5,000 employees and provides commuter inter-urban, regional and long distance services to passengers in South West London and southern counties of England and Island Line services on the Isle of Wight. We also provide connectivity to the ports and airports in the region.

As well as commuters and business travellers, SWR transports leisure travellers across the region, to many tourist and heritage sites, and the numerous major sporting and social events that take place along the network each year.

SWR provide easy and convenient mobility, improving quality of life by connecting people and communities.

SWR is a joint venture between First Group and MTR Corporation from Hong Kong.