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You could ask SWR to consider it for the new re worked timetable coming in 2027. But I think it might be to late for the December 2026 change.

As a guard for SWR I know that bit between Basingstoke and Hook on the up has been reported before by staff.

That's platform 3 only at Shawford. Platform 1 and 2 for a 444 is 4 carriages and on a 450 p1 and p2 are 5 carriages and p3 is 4 carriages.

SWR have a problem with ADR at the moment. They have recommended you claim for delay repay via the form on the website or via email to customer services till the problem is fixed.

There is one on the SWR network. But I am not 100% sure where it is.

If you park in the station car parks you have 20 minutes free parking.

London Waterloo to Clapham junction has to be up there. If that counts.

Sorry if this has been asked before but how easy would it be to turn the 350's 3rd rail ready and send the to someone like SWR.

As someone who works on the railways as a guard we could do with more BTP officers.

SWR have ANPR but you can buy car park tickets from the tvm's. All you have to do it put in your reg number and it will match up with the ANPR system. So you don't have to put ticket in car.

It's definitely the shared struggle.

The SWR 450/444 have ASDO automatic selective door opening and the 158/159 have SDO.

You wouldn't do pts or dispatch training. You would only do ticket office and tvm (ticket vending machine). Depending on if you are going to be and a single manned station ie just you. They might give you ramp/passenger assistance training.

A CO3 job is the ticket office supervisor/team leader.

The TOC I work for provides sun screen for anyone who wants it. But it's only SPF23. So I get my own.

Yes they do share the shell and body with the class 350. Seimans did the testing of the class 350 here in SWR land as they also had 3rd rail shoes on them at them time.

All I do as a commercial guard in SWR is I ask if they are going to pay and if they say no. I walk away from them and report it on our fair evasion app with the head code and a description of the passenger.

It's basically SWR version of Southern's Rail Safe Officer's and to a lesser extent a PCSO.

When I was gateline at SWR I did ask about shadowing shift with the RCO'S near to me and they were happy to do that but sadly covid came along. As you get along with one of them at Guildford when you both have time for a chat ask them as that would be a good starting point and word will probably...

A few months ago I had worked a train in to Alton Hampshire and had a customer who had been on since Waterloo ask where did they find the bus to Alton Towers.