four local enterprise partnerships. It was "suggested that the electrification would create around 8,000 jobs and stimulate £1.9 billion of economic growth". Lineside features On the south side of the line between and , a box hedge topiary known as Jessie's Seat has been cut in the shape of a pheasant, perched on the back of a seat. It is a memorial to South Eastern Railway's guard Henry Wicks who was killed in an accident here in 1892. See also Great Western Main Line Waterloo–Reading line Alton Line Portsmouth Direct Line Mole Valley line Brighton Main Line Redhill–Tonbridge line References Bibliography Rail transport in Berkshire Rail transport in Hampshire Rail transport in Surrey Railway lines opened in 1849 Railway lines in South East England 1849 establishments in England