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Riding SWR's Class 159 to London: it's excellent! (TRIP REPORT) 

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Good evening and welcome back for a new video on the channel! The video starts at Axminster, where I board South Western Railway's Class 159 "Express Sprinter" DMU to head to the capital, in first class. SWR operate a slower, but cheaper, train service between Exeter and London compared to GWR, going via Axminster, Yeovil, Salisbury and Basingstoke.
A lovely peaceful trip awaits as we speed through England. Enjoy! :)
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Date of travel: July 2021
Start: Axminster
End: London Waterloo
Operator: South Western Railway
Class of travel: First Class
Coach: ?
Seat: ?
Journey time: 2hr 54mn
Price: £9.65 (11,17 €/$ 13.22)

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15 окт 2021

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Комментарии : 32   
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels 2 года назад
Nice video on this high-quality railway, it's a great little operation really. Keep it up! 👍
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels 2 года назад
When's the foreign content? 👀
@trainlagged
@trainlagged 2 года назад
Thanks so much - foreign content coming up next month, stay tuned!
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels 2 года назад
We love to hear it! 🤩
@jasonlittlewood3874
@jasonlittlewood3874 2 года назад
The "opening" windows on 158/159 sets are there for when the aircon fails, they can only be "unlocked" by on train staff.
@trainlagged
@trainlagged 2 года назад
Ah, I didn't know that. Thanks!
@jasonlittlewood3874
@jasonlittlewood3874 2 года назад
@@trainlagged The current types of aircon retrofitted to these sets, from various suppliers nowadays, are mostly a massive improvement on the "as built aircon", which failed regularly & was eventually rendered useless by the CFC based refrigerant being banned.
@trainlagged
@trainlagged 2 года назад
@@jasonlittlewood3874 I'll pay closer attention to that next time - as a typical British summer day, the thermometer didn't exceed 10 degrees during my journey, so aircon wasn't the prime necessity to me! Thanks for the info though :)
@kevinellis8869
@kevinellis8869 2 года назад
Couldn't agree more, even before refurbishment I found the 159s to be very comfortable. The tables are hinged to allow ease of access for less mobile passengers.
@trainlagged
@trainlagged 2 года назад
Thankfully the refurb didn’t include changing the seats! I’d easily do four or five hours on one of these, even in Standard.
@waleedarif6740
@waleedarif6740 Год назад
I hope these lovely 159s make it into the 2030s.
@ACELog
@ACELog 2 года назад
Yes, it really is unusual to find comfortable seats on UK trains, especially the most recent ones, like the Class 707 EMU's! Commonly called "ironing-board seats"! Well, at least your phone camera didn't put everything in wide-angle!
@trainlagged
@trainlagged Год назад
Ive had that comment about wide angle from many people, that’s why on recent videos you won’t have the wide angle.
@downonthestour
@downonthestour 2 года назад
Great Video Lagged!
@trainlagged
@trainlagged 2 года назад
Thanks a lot! :)
@jacobporrett
@jacobporrett 2 года назад
Great video mate. Never been on a 159 before but have travelled with SWR many a time to and from Ewell West and Mostpur Park once.
@trainlagged
@trainlagged 2 года назад
You'll get the Aventras on there soon enough! Glad you enjoyed!
@swire6984
@swire6984 2 года назад
The Desiros are of excellent quality
@ACELog
@ACELog 2 года назад
Getting unusual to find comfortable seats on UK trains these days. Good to hear the 159 class still has them. The 707 EMU is one of the worst: "ironing-board seats" they're commonly called! At least your phone camera gave a break from the wide-angle view. What camera do you use now?
@trainlagged
@trainlagged Год назад
GoPro Hero9 Black, you can see how much better it is in later videos! :)
@justrains4657
@justrains4657 2 года назад
Im loving that new intro!
@trainlagged
@trainlagged 2 года назад
Great! Thanks for the feedback👍
@AndrewG1989
@AndrewG1989 2 года назад
And Axminster is also the nearest station to Seaton. Which I have been to Seaton and went on the Seaton Tramway.
@trainlagged
@trainlagged 2 года назад
I haven't been, I was coming from Bridport in this instance.
@AndrewG1989
@AndrewG1989 2 года назад
@@trainlagged Ok
@elijah_trains
@elijah_trains 2 года назад
You should go try out the class 390 and great video
@trainlagged
@trainlagged 2 года назад
A video on the Class 390 is planned. Glad you enjoyed!
@whiskerboii2466
@whiskerboii2466 2 года назад
Great video! May I ask how you found out that the First Class coach was declassified, just out of interest?
@trainlagged
@trainlagged 2 года назад
Thanks, glad you enjoyed! I was told by the guard.
@whiskerboii2466
@whiskerboii2466 2 года назад
@@trainlagged Ah, thank you. I travel on these trains frequently so that is very helpful!
@JackJackProductions
@JackJackProductions 2 года назад
I have travelled with SWR many times. Unfortunately, they either cancel or delay every train I plan to get and come up with the most ridiculous excuses, e.g. train delayed due to lack of RPOs. My response is give that job to the guard then don't delay the service
@trainlagged
@trainlagged 2 года назад
Yeah, they don't have a very good on-time record, unfortunately. Luckily I didn't suffer too much of a delay on this instance.
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