South Western Railway EXPLAINED (SWR) - A Rail Operator Summary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2024
- A brief summary of who South Western Railway are, where they go, what they operate and any future developments. More of a information pack - this forms part of the Rail Operator Series I'm working on. (Still not 100% with the quality of this video but wanted to get something out for you all)
Correct as of June 2023 for the Summer timetable.
0:00 Intro
0:40 Timetabled Routes
4:40 Ticket Costs
4:55 Depots
5:19 Operator History & Franchise
6:10 Trains Operated
6:39 Future Developments
South Western Railway Map Download:
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Nice Video! Just One thing, I believe SWR also runs a depot at Clapham Junction, but other than that it's a neat video!
Very true! I walk across the bridge and it's blindingly obvious!
Tho ig anyone that seen clapham in ever can already know, still a good and informative vid :)
(F) for respect to Southwest Londoners. I feel your pain.
SWR have the shittiest service in the SW London area, especially the Hounslow line. Services have been severely cut.
@@Dean0GRIP in chat for Crossrail 2, the only hope y’all ever had, taken too soon.
@@Dean0G the on time score for me was 16% in January. And SWR insist that’s fine and also say they haven’t cut services. Completely and utterly useless
@@danielwalls5150 Also the trains are uncomfortable, they shake to much
@@Shyguythesmartstickman True. Particularly the class 455 and the retired 456.
I have been waiting for this for so long! Thank you! This is personally one of my favorite operators in my opinon.
Good video as always
I get so excited when I see these in my subscriptions!!
Prior to Covid, a few trains a day went to Bristol Temple Meads from Waterloo.
1:04 *Weybridge
The map of operations is like a bowl of spilt sphagetti. Good vidoe as always
I am suprised you haven't done Southern Yet, But I like the series so far! Keep going!
Just so you know, Reading trains do not call at Vauxhall
Some Reading trains do call at Vauxhall and some do call at Puntey as well.
@@A-Trainspotter-From-Berkshire....no Reading trains call at Vauxhall...ever, and very few stop at Putney. I think you're getting mixed up with Windsor & Eton Riverside trains - which stop at both Vauxhall and Putney
The two main stopping points before Reading trains reach Twickenham, are Clapham Junction and Richmond.
@@robtyman4281 I am not getting mixed up Windsor trains, since I have taken a Reading train multiple times to Waterloo with a stop at Vauxhall.
@@A-Trainspotter-From-Berkshire you are wrong barely any Reading trains call at Vauxhall or Putney unless it is a Sunday. You are getting confused with the Windsor train just accept it
@skittle8752 I am not getting confused I have looked at network rails own working timetable.
Complicated and interresting!
Thanks for this comprehensive overview but one minor correction... it's *Salisbury* (pronounced Saulsbury), not Sailsbury. Keep up the good work!
Not the only mispronunction (see the Hounslow to Weymouth service), but they are a lot of difficult to pronounce places in the UK so it's bound to happen. Especially with all the work that goes into making this sort of video.
Haslemere is also pronounced "Hazelmere" not "Hasselmere"
A few spelling mistakes as well. Like "Upway" being Upwey, "Sailsbury" being Salisbury, "Guildford" being Guilford, "Ashhurst New Forest" being Ashurst New Forest, and "Siemans" being Siemens.
@@TrainsOfDorset Guildford is spelt correctly
@@nathantodd-smith3496 My bad it is, thanks for the correction.
Can you explain the London Northwestern Railway next please? Love the vids man!
Thanks!
Portsmouth to Southampton is via Fareham. You said Farnham :)
Also Fratton isn't 'just outside Portsmouth'. It's right in the middle of Portsmouth.
There used to be a service from Bristol Temple Meads via Keynsham, Oldfield Park, Bath Spa, Bradford-on-Avon, Trowbridge, Westbury and beyond.
SWR finished the Brizzles a few years ago now.
Living around Salisbury knows Gillingham Dorset is pronounced with a hard G not a J pronunciation and it's Salisbury not sailsbury. But this video has come at a great time for me as I'm currently revising for my interview at swr so thank you for this video, it's great and a great help
Did you pronounce Salisbury as Salesbury ;)
not to be rude but the pronunciation of haslemere made me cry a lil
His pronunciations are always terrible. It would take 2 secs to Google the ones he's not sure about. I don't know how he lives in the UK and hasn't heard of all these places (like "SaILSbury", that he butchers!
The network pattern was rather unrealistic. No express services stop at Vauxhall and there's are more services that run to Woking and Farnham and Alton via Feltham and Addlestone. But still great video. Ps there's a depot at Clapham Junction
@@marcusrashid the problem is that Vauxhall doesn't have the capacity for this. In the peak, you have 21 trains on the fast line going into Waterloo. If they would call at Vauxhall, you'll end up with a gigantic traffic jam on the fast lines. They don't call at Clapham during the AM and PM peak for the same reason.
There are a few mistakes on the numbers at 6:06. SWR didn't start on 2007, they started 2017.
Yes, presumably South West Railways start date should be 2017 (not 2007 as shown)
And in the commentary Ashley says that Network South East operated from 1986 (not 1996 as shown)
And presumably the privatised start date should be 1994 (not 1996 as shown)
This guy is the kind of youtuber I need as an american who loves british trains but knows jack shit about their operations!
You missed out the depot at Staines, you missed out the SWR salisbury to Reading services and the SWR services which run via the district line.
There is a depot at Staines? That is news to me and I live there.
@@danielwalls5150 There is it is on the Up (London) end of the four tracked section where it sits.
@@joshuaritchie3836 ahh. You mean the sidings?
@@danielwalls5150 There is a depot in Staines. It is technically got something called a Carriage Sidings, the sidings each can hold up to an 8 coach train and there is four of them.
@@danielwalls5150 They are a depot, since some of the examples which where given earlier, are the same as Carriage Sidings.
South Western Railway have promised their passengers about introducing the new Class 701 Arterios but it seems that these new trains aren’t in service yet.
And it looks like that the new trains will not enter service until the end of the year. As it was suppose to of entered service last year.
They were meant to originally enter service in 2019.
The 701s are currently all being stored at the Long Marston site in Warwickshire! Many of us saw them idling there when we went to RailLive 2023 last week.
My understanding is that the reason they're not in service yet is a disagreement of some sort with the ASLEF union, though I was half-asleep when I heard that, so it may be incorrect.
@@mastertrams There has been some issues with ASLE&F. Our Company Council had their work cut out to get things resolved (most of the issues were Alstom more than the Union). I think now though it is just waiting for the timetable change before they start running & the remaining 707s will head over to South Eastern, the 458s will then possibly get their rebuild back to 4-car express stock & the withdrawal of the the 455s.
@@A-Trainspotter-From-BerkshireIndeed. But I still don’t know why it got so held up despite Covid-19. And it’s been like 3 years since the Class 701 were first built and I think that South Western Railway will introduce the Class 701 in service by the end of 2023.
@@BoaFilmsPlcI hope that SWR do retain the Class 458 because they are capable of operating on the Alton line and on the Portsmouth Direct line and outer-suburban services including Woking and Guildford.
the island line as of the May 2023 timetable change has 2 trains per hour in each direction
I think it is still 1tph off peak and it is only 2tph in the peak.
@@A-Trainspotter-From-Berkshire no, i went to the island a few weeks ago, its a half hourly service all day
Please can you do LNR Next
Nice video, but one thing regarding the Chessington branch is that it has a half hourly service (2tph) not an hourly service.
Pretty sure he said that
@@dscovrx8132 He did say that, but the box of tph for the Chessington branch is incorrect
Pls do ScotRail next !
@Ashley Rabot
Gillingham is pronounced with a hard initial "g" (/ɡ/), unlike Gillingham, Kent, which is pronounced with a soft "g" (/dʒ/).
What software do you use to make the maps?
After Effects and Premiere Pro
one thing, you made every route stop at vauxhall,
the portsmouth, westbury, weymouth, exeter, basingstoke, alton and reading trains skip it on regular occasions
One comment - the fast waterloo-portsmouth route only calls at CLJ on Sundays.
Gillingham in Dorset is pronounced with a hard G as in Graham
Do EMR next
When are you trying to get emr out estimically
All set for Monday! 🤞
Island line runs 2 train an hour when not cancelling services
Just thought of letting you know, at 1:06 you probably meant Weybridge and not Weymouth.
I'm pretty sure there are also some services that run slow between at least Basingstoke and Woking and then run fast up to Waterloo, though that might be some weird peak-time stuff or a weird delayed service.
I also thought that SWR has some three-car 158s in operation along with their 159s, though I might be misremembering that.
That service you're on about is the Portsmouth via Basingstoke route, runs non stop to Woking, and calls at all stations after towards Portsmouth.
Regarding the 158s, they are 2-car units designated 158/8s, but SWT took over 8x 3-car 158s which have been reclassified as 159/1s, of which 7 are currently in service with SWR alongside the original 22x 159/0s
SWR only has 2 coach 158s and 3 coach 159s.
Right, gotcha. It's just that all the slow trains from Woking are graphed as terminating at Basingstoke, so I suppose I got a bit confused.
And yeah, the reclassing of 3-car 158s into 159/1s makes sense.
Ashley's video also left out Brookwood on the Alton services, but in reality they do stop there, occasionally coupled with the Basingstoke trains between Woking and London.
@@LondonTransportMaster Wat-PMH via EGH run fast to Woking, then Farnborough, Fleet , Basingstoke, Micheldever, Winchester, Eastleigh, then all stops to PMH. They are 1TXX reporting codes.
Do First Transit btw
A few pronunciations hurt me. Salesbury nope (soulsbury) and it’s not jillingham like the person Jill it’s gillingham Dorset not Kent. Great video fella keep it up
And 'Hasslemere'
Hi, just a point, Gillingham, Kent, as in Jill, Gillingham, Dorset as in fish have gills. crazy really, same spelling, different pronunciation.
I like south western railway but the problem with it is that the service to Exeter St Davids is not very good, if there were more trains I think more people would use it
2:29 - "SouthMAPton Central" 😄 Don't you read your visuals after creating them, to spot errors like these?
SWR : the only operator still operates 455 🗿
This is why Woking is so good for commuting
WATERLOO NO1 LSWR MAINLINE FOREVER!!!!!
he didnt include chessington
2:04 - on the map (and for your pronunciation), it's "SALISbury" not 'SAILsbury". It's pronounced "Solsbury".
so which is UK busiest train station now?
Turns out I was looking at 2020-2021 data! London Waterloo is the busiest station as of 2021-2022 according to the ORR
Clapham Junction is the UK's busiest station, by train movements and passenger numbers.
''Waterloo International'
Why hasn’t SWR extended to Penzance?
They use to run from London/Brighton to Paignton and Penzance under South West Trains in the past , Currently it seems rather pointless for SWR to run to Penzance conciering GWR already run local and inter-city service from Exeter as well as a number of Cross Country going there, plus if SWR did a London-Penzance it would take more than 6 hours compared to GWR 5 hours or less.
@@TheDancingGamer01 There are a few town behind Penzance so could they extend there?
This is overlooking the constant delays and cancelled trains🤣
Southampton via Fareham, not Farnham.
Not a chance the new Alstom sets will be in widespread service before 2024, 5 years after planned introduction. 🙄
It’s Salisbury……not sailsbury!
i know this is completely irrelevant but it irritates me how you misspelled southampton central at 3:00
You keep saying Salisbury incorrectly, you also have it spelt incorrectly. You have it spelt as Sa(i)(l)sbury whereas it is spelt Sa(l)(i)sbury. It is also pronounced as 'Soulsbury'. The video is great, it just had me screaming at my screen the entire time.
South Western railway don't manage London Waterloo odd
Nope it’s Network Rail.
Major stations are generally managed by Network Rail ... that includes most London terminus stations along with a small number of other key stations like Leeds, Birmingham New Street etc.
Nor do they manage Reading because that is managed by Network Rail.
And also Manchester Piccadilly which serve by Network Rail
How can ALSTOM possibly be pronounced as "ASSLAM"? There's a perfectly visible 'T' in there!
Alstom Class 458s are certainly not "new"!
You forgot the Bristol line
SWR is example ,how not to run railway..SWR is Third World Railway.