New South Western franchise: Awarded to First/MTR

[PudseyBearHST]

I can't wait to laugh when the new operator does no better.

My thoughts exactly. Don't get me wrong, SWT aren't perfect but as many have already said on this thread, my experiences on SWT are much better than GWR.

 

[ModernRailways]

"The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later."

I kept getting this the last few minutes on rail forums. Looks like there's a lot of members online (?)

It'll be the daily subscription emails. It happens everyday around Midnight (1am in BST) when the server spams out the emails.

 

[GW43125]

"The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later."

I kept getting this the last few minutes on rail forums. Looks like there's a lot of members online (?)

It usually does that just after 1am most nights, when all the subscribed thread emails go out, it goes down for about ten minutes. Are the two things related?

 

[PudseyBearHST]

Thanks to you both. I thought a lot of forum members tuned into see the last hour of Stagecoach South West Trains- my bad lol

 

[LOL The Irony]

about 15 minutes left utill the last Soth West Trains service

 

[PudseyBearHST]

http://www.opentraintimes.com/maps/signalling/wat#T_WAT

Yup, last service is on platform 20.

 

[BestWestern]

I'm sure there's probably an 'anti' page somewhere for most TOCs. There certainly was for FGW, and they weren't the worst TOC! I'd imagine one for Southern or Thameslink would be an amusing read!

 

[AlexNL]

RTT has updated its master tables, the 0142 is now showing as a SWR service.

 

[Matt Taylor]

I spent four hours with 450072 tonight on the Netley line, appropriate messages on the CIS at Portsmouth Harbour and a couple of other places.

The handover team arrived at Portsmouth Harbour around 2215 to start removing SWT signage.

 

[LOL The Irony]

Anyone know the unit taking the last train?

 

[BestWestern]

I'm sure there's probably an 'anti' page somewhere for most TOCs. There certainly was for FGW, and they weren't the worst! I'd imagine one for Southern or Thameslink would be an amusing read.

The problem of course is that this is invariably the 'commuter perspective'. Those who travel daily with one TOC but scarcely with any others. They get to learn every little wrongdoing and annoyance of their 'home' TOC down to the minute detail, but know very little about how life is anywhere else. This doesn't give a very rounded view of the network as a whole, and lacks perspective. I'd imagine if you put the SWT complainers on Thameslink every day for a month or two they'd be more than happy to come back!

 

[PudseyBearHST]

RTT has updated its master tables, the 0142 is now showing as a SWR service.

Doesn't make sense because now any South West Trains service in the past (for example, one week ago) shows SWR service instead of SWT.

Random example: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/W37072/2017/08/17/advanced

 

[pompeyfan]

I'm sure there's probably an 'anti' page somewhere for most TOCs. There certainly was for FGW, and they weren't the worst! I'd imagine one for Southern or Thameslink would be an amusing read.

The problem of course is that this is invariably the 'commuter perspective'. Those who travel daily with one TOC but scarcely with any others. They get to learn every little wrongdoing and annoyance of their 'home TOC' down to the minute detail, and rarely notice when things are going smoothly. This doesn't give a very rounded view of the network as a whole, and lacks perspective. I'd imagine if you put the SWT complainers on Thameslink every day for a month or two they'd be more than happy to come back!

Completely agree, but it's not just trains, its buses, ferries, and most generic services providers to be fair.

 

[AlexNL]

Doesn't make sense because now any South West Trains service in the past (for example, one week ago) shows SWR service instead of SWT.

Random example: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/W37072/2017/08/17/advanced

That's probably got to do something with how the RTT database is designed, where there's a master reference table for all TOCs which is linked to from the individual services.

 

[LOL The Irony]

#Rest In Peace SWT 1996-2017

 

[PudseyBearHST]

I'm sure there's probably an 'anti' page somewhere for most TOCs. There certainly was for FGW, and they weren't the worst! I'd imagine one for Southern or Thameslink would be an amusing read.

The problem of course is that this is invariably the 'commuter perspective'. Those who travel daily with one TOC but scarcely with any others. They get to learn every little wrongdoing and annoyance of their 'home' TOC down to the minute detail, but know very little about how life is anywhere else. This doesn't give a very rounded view of the network as a whole, and lacks perspective. I'd imagine if you put the SWT complainers on Thameslink every day for a month or two they'd be more than happy to come back!

That's a fair comment. They never seem to be happy no matter who takes over.

 

[BestWestern]

I spent four hours with 450072 tonight on the Netley line, appropriate messages on the CIS at Portsmouth Harbour and a couple of other places.

The handover team arrived at Portsmouth Harbour around 2215 to start removing SWT signage.

A truly excellent use of supposedly scarce railway funding. Long live franchising...

 

[LOL The Irony]

It's just got it's path cleared

 

[PudseyBearHST]

Green signal/proceed aspect for train to Surbiton

 

[GW43125]

It's just got it's path cleared

Someone's keen! The road is off all the way to East Putney via the Up Platform at Queenstown Rd.

 

[LOL The Irony]

Goodbye South West Trains

 

[goblinuser]

I spent four hours with 450072 tonight on the Netley line, appropriate messages on the CIS at Portsmouth Harbour and a couple of other places.

The handover team arrived at Portsmouth Harbour around 2215 to start removing SWT signage.

Are they removing the actual signs on platforms or just the logos on the train?

 

[PudseyBearHST]

It's left

 

[GW43125]

Off it goes. That's it. SSWT 1996-2017.

 

[LOL The Irony]

It's a 455 taking the last ever train
https://twitter.com/L1Group/status/899068165950500864:cry:

 

[theironroad]

Well that's it folks......

The last Stagecoach operated South West Trains service has now left the platform.......

 

[GW43125]

It's a 455 taking the last ever train
https://twitter.com/L1Group/status/899068165950500864:cry:

From my point of view:

455 (yay!) with AC traction equipment (oh!)

 

[GW43125]

 

[Matt Taylor]

455702 on the final train from Waterloo.

 

[KashmireHawker]

01:42 left Waterloo 1 minute early - that will please folk ??????