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Totally agree. There have been a number of times when people prop bikes against train doors that arrive on the platform at times preventing or denying passengers boarding or leaving the train which can result to Health and safety issues(eg blocking doors if there's a fire etc) Bikes are a...

The WOE fleet in my view should be replaced by Bi mode 5 car version of class 730s with gangways and end doors. So splitting all services at Salisbury and some possibly Yeovil. More capacity would be created. The current WOE fleet is now knackered and out of date. Luggage capacity a huge issue...

Also there were a few slammer diagrams (cig/bep/cig) on 92. 0755 off Bournemouth(from Wareham) then 1645 Return and used for the rest of the day on 2 trips ending in Bournemouth Depot.

Now the 458 stock is being retained how much extra time will SWR need to complete the repaints which seems to be progressively slow

And a further number of years for repaint!!! As time taken with desiros

Diagr No you haven't. There are 91 class 455s on SWR. 4X91=364

How can it be called test runs when they been on the route for 32 years! Don't you mean warm runs to keep them active?

Similar to NXEC - not one mark 4 painted.only 1 class 91 but only 13 HST Were done

What's the ratio of class 43 to Mark 3 coaches now? Wikipedia needs a mending as the figure for class 43 is wrong concerning numbers in service area

Do some Turbos run to Weymouth?

57 pendolinos repainted over last 2 years compared to a small number of desiros it's more like 1/4 speed

Do you have any evidence to back all this up? Otherwise from looking at the next few conversations on to page 5 it's just another rumour or fantasy being created.

The tick tock sound in idle locos and some instances some EMU's like 321/2's

The next presidential election will be here before the repaints are done! Even Northern can complete there refurbs and repaints before SWR. Around 400 units versus 172 desiros and not even the 159 refurb and repaints completed yet. What's going on?

Replace the 08 shunter at depots

Possibly to replace 450s in years to come. The 450 is already mid life now. Being 15-16 years old.

Which is the service that runs to Stranraer?

For me it's the Reps down to Bournemouth /TCs to Weymouth and remembered the times when using the stopping service from Basingstoke to Farmborough on the Veps. Waving goodbye to my Dad or uncle at Farnborough from a vep. When mum took me to visit at weekends. The journey down to Bournemouth...

It were filmed in the dark so could not see the livery. The first scene were a 50/mark 2s. Couple of 455 scenes and a vep on an 83 service. The best scene for me a class 33/1 with 8TC storming through. But could not tell with the rake of mark 1 stock scene. Its not hard to find if you want to...