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    SWR Class 458/4s: fleet status and withdrawal updates

    The refurbishment wasn’t all that expensive in the grand scheme of things. In the end, I expect that the DfT will have gotten its money back on the refurb programme, if not by much.
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    SWR outgoing Metro fleet withdrawals (complete)

    I think it was poorly worded, but 5871 is the one the SETG have.
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    East Anglia Bus Scene

    Brilliant, thanks for confirming!
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    East Anglia Bus Scene

    Would anyone know if Jeff Morss’ Fareline service is still going? Taking a quick look on BusTimes, the last time T127OAH tracked was on 20th March.
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    Ideas for future battery-electric (BEMU) units based on GWR Class 230 technology

    I got in a quick ride on it today, having run out of Class 455's to bash. I think it could be a good innovation; while the D78 Stock is a little rough and ready as platforms go, I think they could have a future on the quieter branch lines of the GWR network. Cheap to deliver and now a...
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    SWR outgoing Metro fleet withdrawals (complete)

    It is a bit daft, that there’s some expectation that these units somehow will have a future. Maybe as spares donors for the Class 334’s, but I can’t expect these ones have much of a future.
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    SWR outgoing Metro fleet withdrawals (complete)

    According to someone on FB, both remaining 458/5’s have jumped the queue to be stood down. Is there any truth to this?
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    SWR outgoing Metro fleet withdrawals (complete)

    Doubt it, given 458 availability (or lack thereof).
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    SWR 455 twilight diagrams/workings

    According to someone on the ever reliable Facebook, some kids busted the doors on the Chessington run, but not so badly it couldn’t run to Guildford and back
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    SWR 455 twilight diagrams/workings

    I guess it will be the last retired now along with 5712, as 5717+5727 are all but doomed to a one-way trip to Litchurch Lane.
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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates

    5732 + 5712 have been allocated this morning’s run from Surbiton. Would I be right in guessing that both 701 and 450’s are tied up with covering for faulty 458/4’s to bring this about?
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    SWR 455 twilight diagrams/workings

    5712 + 5732 (12/03/2026) 07:52 SUR - WAT Will have to wait and see if it rocks up on anything tonight!
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    SWR outgoing Metro fleet withdrawals (complete)

    Things must be bad vis a vis 458/4 availability this morning as 455727 has gone out into service on its own this morning to work a Waterloo - Weybridge and return service.
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    SWR outgoing Metro fleet withdrawals (complete)

    According to some chap on FB (who accurately reported 5716+5721’s demise), it looks like all of SWR’s 455’s have now been stood down. Unless anyone knows anything to the contrary, it looks like the last time one ran in ordinary passenger service was on the 25th February. I expect that the...
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    SWR 455 twilight diagrams/workings

    Afternoon all, what are the chances of 455’s being deployed on crowd-buster services during the six nations games at Twickenham?
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