South Western Railway Fleet Review 

I've always had a soft spot for the 444 and 450 Desiros (prefer the 444s though), brings back memories of visiting my grandmother in Liss and taking the train down to Pompey. And I've always loved the distinctive sound the traction motors of the Desiros make when the trains are arriving and departing the station.

My grandson has ridden a class 458 and it came in on platform 1

Used to travel on 158s from Cleethorpes to Manchrster most weekends back in the 90s. Used to love them

Great video. I've subscribed. Thank you 😊😊

Nice video, interesting to hear rumors about the Class 508s but also the Class 458s are getting refurbished so be interesting to see what they look like

1:17 ITS LIKE YOUR IN THE ADVERTS

there are 3 types of 455s, and the one with the weird car is the 455/7, and swr also hass either 455/8 or /9 but i don't remember and either /8 or /9 is southern's fleet of 455s

Great video!

Very good video!!

brilliant review of the SWR fleet & as a regular user of SWR ive travelled on all of them apart from the Isle Of Wight ones i would say i like the 444s the most followed by the 450s they they are the units i use the most but i like all the unites & hopefully one day we will see the 701s enter service

Rode in 158’s and 159’s for the first time after training in Basingstoke, the seats are gorgeous

Travel hack on the 450s towards Windsor: they are run as standard class only. So you could of sat in first class without any problems. I do it all the time when travelling between Windsor and Twickenham. Unsure if it's the same towards Reading though.

At Silverlink/London Overground we had 508301.2 And 3. They are ether stored or scraped now. There was at one time interest in Merry rail taking them. But decided not to years ago.

Excellent review, I’ve just retired from SWR and I worked at Woking .

That's the first time I've seen shaving outlets on a train, I wonder why only the SWR fleet seems to have them (and why you'd really need them on a train in the first place)

the 508 trailers in the 455/7s are not ex-LO, they were implemented from shortened 508s going to merseyrail during the unit’s construction.

Don’t like the 450 trains. Inside the train is not wide enough, and small narrow walkway Leg room between seats are too small.

For the past few years, the Class 455s have been universally despised in the summer because of their lack of air conditioning.

Also the class 458 cinda have the same sound of class 334 I love the same sounds

Pet peeve with the 450s, the doors opening so sloooooowly. I think although not SWR the class 365 remain my favourite, the noises it made and the way GTR refurbed them they looked great.

I really hate this 2 by 3 seating. I mean how can someone sit at this narrow seats? This might be suitable for younger people like school kids, but not for older men with big belly :-)

Do a London overground fleet review

It is the worst when they run 4 car 455s.

Poor pigeon😢😂

455/8 is what you mean with class 508 car🙂

The SWR 158s are always a 2 coach unit and SWR 159s are always 3 coaches. The ex-508 trailers in the 455s are always in 455/7s which you did not clarify, also the ex-508 trailers were taken off the 508s to make them 3 coaches instead of the 4 coaches they did have when they were running on the Southern Region with British Rail. The 158s and 159s were because Regional Railways had ordered too many 158s, so Network South East took some on for the West of England Mainline services to replace Class 50s. The 158s and 159s run from London Waterloo to just west of Basingstoke over lines electrified with Third Rail. The replacement units for the 158s and 159s should be tri-mode with Third Rail (for the South Western Mainline between London Waterloo and Basingstoke as well as between Southampton and Eastleigh), diesel (for the romsey rounders, west of england mainline between Basingstoke and Exeter/Bristol, between Basingstoke and Southcote junction) and OLE (for between Southcote Junction and Reading, plus an future extension of the OLE). Most of the services on the Windsor Lines network (London Waterloo to Reading/Windsor & Eton Riverside/ Weybridge via Staines/Hounslow Loop/Kingston Rounders/Shepperton Branch) have the first class declassified. If your really luckly you can ride an ex-210 coach on a 455.

As a commuter on the 450s the trains are nice but difficult to walk through with luggage

next can review GTRs fleet

i will miss the 455 more than i will like the 701

i can tell what's not to love about class 455 no toilet

What about the 456?have they gone? Also, you said the 444 is 'like an intercity". I'm pretty sure they are!