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ARTICLES RELATED TO South West Trains - SWT since privatisation |  |  |  | South West Trains - SWT since privatisation: Encyclopedia II - South West Trains - SWT since privatisationA wholly-owned subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group, SWT took over the operation of the old British Rail Southern Region's South Western division following the privatisation of British Rail in 1996. At the time they started changing the livery of its rolling stock to one with an orange, red, blue, and white stripe as this was an easy modification of the trains' existing British Rail Network SouthEast livery, but in recent years it has standardised on a trio of slight variations of this original - mainly white for long-distance services and mai ...
See also:South West Trains, South West Trains - SWT since privatisation, South West Trains - Train services, South West Trains - Main lines, South West Trains - Suburban services, South West Trains - Other services, South West Trains - Megatrain, South West Trains - Rolling stock notes, South West Trains - Desiro fleet, South West Trains - Juniper Fleet, South West Trains - Other notes, South West Trains - Rolling stock details, South West Trains - Current fleet, South West Trains - Past fleet, South West Trains - Preserved SWT trains, South West Trains - External link Read more here: » South West Trains: Encyclopedia II - South West Trains - SWT since privatisation |
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South West Trains - Desiro fleet.
The introduction of Desiro rolling stock built by Siemens was to replace the old slam-door trains which were coming to the end of their useful lives, and had been posing health and safety problems. The introduction was delayed because of the additional power needs of this type of stock: Network Rail spent £1 billion upgrading the power supply to take account of this.
The new trains are generally proving popular with passengers, with on-board information systems and full a ...
See also:South West Trains, South West Trains - SWT since privatisation, South West Trains - Train services, South West Trains - Main lines, South West Trains - Suburban services, South West Trains - Other services, South West Trains - Megatrain, South West Trains - Rolling stock notes, South West Trains - Desiro fleet, South West Trains - Juniper Fleet, South West Trains - Other notes, South West Trains - Rolling stock details, South West Trains - Current fleet, South West Trains - Past fleet, South West Trains - Preserved SWT trains, South West Trains - External link Read more here: » South West Trains: Encyclopedia II - South West Trains - Rolling stock notes |
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South West Trains - Current fleet.
* Used on the Lymington to Brockenhurst line due to power limitations
** Fleet being refurbished; expected to be finished around 2007/2008
*** Fleet having "C6" overhaul at Ilford Works, finished by end of 2007 if new franchise holder completes project
**** Fleet size was to be reduced but no longer; future status still pending
South West Trains - Past fleet.
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 |  |  | South West Trains - SWT since privatisation: Encyclopedia II - South West Trains - Train servicesThe hub of the network is London Waterloo station, SWT's London terminus. It connects London to the southern and western area of England; a major portion of the company's services is also concerned with suburban commuter lines in south-west London. All of SWT's trains into and out of Waterloo pass through or stop at Vauxhall and Clapham Junction stations, the latter of which is reputed to be the busiest rail junction in Europe.
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See also:South West Trains, South West Trains - SWT since privatisation, South West Trains - Train services, South West Trains - Main lines, South West Trains - Suburban services, South West Trains - Other services, South West Trains - Megatrain, South West Trains - Rolling stock notes, South West Trains - Desiro fleet, South West Trains - Juniper Fleet, South West Trains - Other notes, South West Trains - Rolling stock details, South West Trains - Current fleet, South West Trains - Past fleet, South West Trains - Preserved SWT trains, South West Trains - External link Read more here: » South West Trains: Encyclopedia II - South West Trains - Train services |
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