Good catch! Wonder why they are testing even though apparently the refurb was dropped. The are planned to go on the PDL (Portsmouth Direct Line) Which is Waterloo > Portsmouth Via Guildford so I do hope these come down to the Portsmouth route!
@@bb-3653 Back in March, some SWR workers told me that they dropped the refurb, but they were still testing after they said that so they must of continued as 458422 and 458421 are in service now!
@@PurplesTrainsUK i see, its weird because maybe it was rumoured that way. But the way it was mentioned, is that it was dropped in terms of them entering service because the demand wasnt there. But i think they still went ahead with the refirbishment for the futute. Which turns out to be now 😂
Great spot, can’t understand why SWR is reducing capacity further but…
On friday i saw a class 701 to poole at wimbledon
Great capture. Regarding the rumors, will these still be going in service
They have today
@bb-3653 yes we took it this morning from Addlestone to Weybridge
@@kk-transport ahh, do you know the diagrams/timetables?
I Like Refurbished Class 458 Units.
Good catch! Wonder why they are testing even though apparently the refurb was dropped. The are planned to go on the PDL (Portsmouth Direct Line) Which is Waterloo > Portsmouth Via Guildford
so I do hope these come down to the Portsmouth route!
The refirbishment wasnt dropped, the initial service starting up was. Theyve been confirmed to enter service today though.
@@bb-3653 Back in March, some SWR workers told me that they dropped the refurb, but they were still testing after they said that so they must of continued as 458422 and 458421 are in service now!
@@PurplesTrainsUK i see, its weird because maybe it was rumoured that way. But the way it was mentioned, is that it was dropped in terms of them entering service because the demand wasnt there. But i think they still went ahead with the refirbishment for the futute. Which turns out to be now 😂
they got rid of the 5th car and upgraded their speed to 100mph
Nice video
Thanks
My local station
surbitions a lovely station to trainspot
Tolworth is closer to me but Surbiton is good as it has faster trains