SWR Refurbished Class 444 - Standard Class Review (Portsmouth to London)

Hello, and welcome back to another train trip report. Today I am travelling with South Western Railway on one of their recently refurbished Class 444 'Desiro' units, on a pleasant journey from Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo, the busiest station in the UK for passenger usage.
For this trip, I travelled on the Portsmouth Direct Line, from Portsmouth Harbour, through to Portsmouth & Southsea, then onwards to Havant, the major junction of Guildford, before speeding towards London on the South Western Mainline after Woking.
This route can have two types of train, the one I used in the video (the Class 444) that are very nice trains and appreciated by the locals, or the much maligned Class 450, which suffer from cramped conditions due to 2+3 seating. I was quite lucky in this regard.
In my opinion the Class 444 units are very high-quality trains, capable of providing an atmosphere that exceeds the quality of many new InterCity trains. Watch the video to see why!
#swr #southwesternrailway #class444 #desiro #tripreport
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Journey Details:
Origin: Portsmouth Harbour
Destination: London Waterloo
Company: South Western Railway
Train: UK Class 444 'Desiro'
Accommodation: Standard Class Seat (2nd)
Distance: 74 miles / 119 kilometres
Price: £14.90
Time: 1h41m
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