I managed to ride with South Western Railway for the first time earlier this month. I went as far as Earlsfield, (South West London is an area that I barely touch, even south of river nowadays) and I boarded one of their Class 455s. I felt rather happy about this, considering they still have a very high amount of them in service. (when I posted this comment - 82 were still in service) I imagine it will take a while for all of them to be replaced, considering the Class 701 just entered service earlier this year - but I don't mind anyways! Those trains have been plagued with so many issues. I very much enjoyed the ride and vast amount of variety seen in a short space. As for Earlsfield, it looked like a nice area, nice shops and restaurants - looked posh I guess. but I guess it was in South West London so you know I suppose that's a theme! On the way back, I got a Class 458, again I was happy to have gotten onboard one and that they will be staying in the train fleet for longer. Overall it was pretty good day, and I do wish to explore more of their network and try out more of their rolling stock. A very nice ride here though, got to appreciate the English countryside, luckily it was not too busy when you filmed it (unless you filmed the less busier part of the route) but yeah these trains are so quiet lol! Yeah I have written alot of words here - sorry!
Nice to hear from you Sam! I'm surprised you've never been on SWR before, but it makes sense if you don't visit South West London much... lol The 455s are cool, I think I went on one once, but it wasn't for too far unfortunately. I haven't been to Earlsfield, but I went closeby to Wandsworth and Tooting - it isn't really a part of London I visit much either to be honest. I like the 458s, but yes, they are soooo quiet! I think I was quite lucky with this journey, but it was a Saturday afternoon/evening, so passenger numbers picked up considerably by Guildford :D
@MTVvids Considering it took me this long to go on SWR, well, yeah I am surprised too... Oh nice. I am happy to have gotten a ride on a 455 and 458. They are slowly being phased out now by the 701s. Yeah I was going to say, considering the time you filmed it! I still got so much of London to explore, let alone the UK lol... Great to see you are still around with your content - always great to hear from you!
I managed to ride with South Western Railway for the first time earlier this month. I went as far as Earlsfield, (South West London is an area that I barely touch, even south of river nowadays) and I boarded one of their Class 455s. I felt rather happy about this, considering they still have a very high amount of them in service. (when I posted this comment - 82 were still in service) I imagine it will take a while for all of them to be replaced, considering the Class 701 just entered service earlier this year - but I don't mind anyways! Those trains have been plagued with so many issues. I very much enjoyed the ride and vast amount of variety seen in a short space. As for Earlsfield, it looked like a nice area, nice shops and restaurants - looked posh I guess. but I guess it was in South West London so you know I suppose that's a theme! On the way back, I got a Class 458, again I was happy to have gotten onboard one and that they will be staying in the train fleet for longer. Overall it was pretty good day, and I do wish to explore more of their network and try out more of their rolling stock. A very nice ride here though, got to appreciate the English countryside, luckily it was not too busy when you filmed it (unless you filmed the less busier part of the route) but yeah these trains are so quiet lol! Yeah I have written alot of words here - sorry!
Nice to hear from you Sam! I'm surprised you've never been on SWR before, but it makes sense if you don't visit South West London much... lol
The 455s are cool, I think I went on one once, but it wasn't for too far unfortunately. I haven't been to Earlsfield, but I went closeby to Wandsworth and Tooting - it isn't really a part of London I visit much either to be honest. I like the 458s, but yes, they are soooo quiet! I think I was quite lucky with this journey, but it was a Saturday afternoon/evening, so passenger numbers picked up considerably by Guildford :D
@MTVvids Considering it took me this long to go on SWR, well, yeah I am surprised too... Oh nice. I am happy to have gotten a ride on a 455 and 458. They are slowly being phased out now by the 701s. Yeah I was going to say, considering the time you filmed it!
I still got so much of London to explore, let alone the UK lol...
Great to see you are still around with your content - always great to hear from you!
Hello, what camera do you use to film your videos? Love the rides by the way :)
Thanks! I use my Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone :)
@@MTVvids Thank you :)