SWR Repaints and Refurbishments

[WVL14]

444037 was not ready in time for departure from Eastleigh last night, and 444018 was sent back to Basingstoke.
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Therefore "The Fab 444" remains in service for another day.
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Today it works:
2W05 0540 Basingstoke to Weymouth
1W52 0820 Weymouth to Waterloo
1W65 1205 Waterloo to Weymouth
1W66 1520 Weymouth to Waterloo
1T59 1839 Waterloo to Fareham
5T59 2059 Fareham to Portsmouth & Southsea ECS
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There is a possibility it will be swapped over at some point today.
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[Dan15812]

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[WVL14]

Desiro Update for those following these;
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444018 has now gone to Eastleigh and 444037 made its way back to Northam a short while ago.
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444s
444031 (unit 43) in 24-10-19, out 31-10-19
444037 (unit 44) in 31-10-19, out 5-11-19
444018 (unit 45) in 5-11-19, on hand
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450s:
450029 (unit 98) in 25-10-19, out 29-10-19
450099 (unit 99) in 26-10-19, out 31-10-19
450074 (unit 100) in 29-10-19, out 2-11-19
450563 (unit 101) in 31-10-19, on hand
450553 (unit 102) in 2-11-19, on hand
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Thats all for now
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[SWRtrain_fan]

Desiro Update for those following these;
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444018 has now gone to Eastleigh and 444037 made its way back to Northam a short while ago.
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444s
444031 (unit 43) in 24-10-19, out 31-10-19
444037 (unit 44) in 31-10-19, out 5-11-19
444018 (unit 45) in 5-11-19, on hand
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450s:
450029 (unit 98) in 25-10-19, out 29-10-19
450099 (unit 99) in 26-10-19, out 31-10-19
450074 (unit 100) in 29-10-19, out 2-11-19
450563 (unit 101) in 31-10-19, on hand
450553 (unit 102) in 2-11-19, on hand
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Thats all for now
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Cheers for the update. Good that work on 450/5s has started!

 

[SWRtrain_fan]

Refurbished ex-450/5s

043, 053, 056*, 057, 058*, 061, 062 and 063

* = currently being done

 

[Dan15812]

Thanks for your recent posting!

 

[lsdghasu]

159020 has returned from Loughborough Brush to Salisbury today.

 

[Dan15812]

159020 has returned from Loughborough Brush to Salisbury today.

Thanks for letting us know!

 

[pigs bay]

Nice to see the 444's finally getting repainted, and very smart 444006 looks too!!

 

[theironroad]

Nice to see the 444's finally getting repainted, and very smart 444006 looks too!!

Right now, it'd be nice to see them all deep cleaned externally as some are extremely filthy.

 

[43096]

Right now, it'd be nice to see them all deep cleaned externally as some are extremely filthy.

Right now it would be nice if SWR employed enough staff, removed graffiti tags from the trains and went back to SWT standards of fleet reliability.

 

[daveshah]

Right now, it'd be nice to see them all deep cleaned externally as some are extremely filthy.

The new white SWR logos stuck on really do show up the dirt on the rest of the outside!

 

[Dan15812]

In my opinion SWR do a much better job of cleaning the trains than SWT did!

With SWT, trains were only deep cleaned every 110 days.

With SWR, trains are now deep cleaned every 30 days

Another thing to add, since the SWR days, the trains no longer have that horrible greasy bicycle smell.

 

[Snow1964]

In my opinion SWR do a much better job of cleaning the trains than SWT did!

With SWT, trains for only deep cleaned every 110 days.

With SWR, trains are now deep cleaned every 30 days

Another thing to add since the SWR days, the trains no longer have that horrible greasy bicycle smell.

They might be deep cleaned every 30 days in theory, but it seems to be a much shallower deep clean.
Try wiping a white hankerchief around edges of windows, or heating mesh, or edge of doors and soon find dirt that probably been sitting there more than a month

Those SWR stickers on exterior, never seem to be clean properly

 

[59CosG95]

They might be deep cleaned every 30 days in theory, but it seems to be a much shallower deep clean.
Try wiping a white hankerchief around edges of windows, or heating mesh, or edge of doors and soon find dirt that probably been sitting there more than a month

Those SWR stickers on exterior, never seem to be clean properly

Indeed; SWR cleaning = cursory and more frequent, SWT cleaning = thorough and less frequent.

 

[Goldfish62]

In my opinion SWR do a much better job of cleaning the trains than SWT did!

With SWT, trains for only deep cleaned every 110 days.

With SWR, trains are now deep cleaned every 30 days

Another thing to add since the SWR days, the trains no longer have that horrible greasy bicycle smell.

I agree. Cleaning is much better now. Under SWT the floors of the 455s and 458s were absolutely disgusting, but now they're cleaned to a reasonable standard.

 

[43096]

I agree. Cleaning is much better now. Under SWT the floors of the 455s and 458s were absolutely disgusting, but now they're cleaned to a reasonable standard.

If you ignore the graffiti tags inside and outside and the layer of dirt along the bottom of the bodyside on the 707s (and is just cleaned around the vehicle number).

 

[OffThePacer18]

Bournemouth, 450036 is in there at present awaiting work I believe. 444006 is in progress.

Any update on whether 450036 is in progress yet?

 

[SWRtrain_fan]

450553 has recently been refurbished, and has now been renumbered to 450053. There's a video of it on YouTube.

 

[59CosG95]

450553 has recently been refurbished, and has now been renumbered to 450053. There's a video of it on YouTube.

Do you have a hyperlink to said video that you could copy & paste in here?

 

[SWRtrain_fan]

Do you have a hyperlink to said video that you could copy & paste in here?

Just search up '450053' on YouTube and it'll come up. Edit: here it is

 

[Train Boy]

Same for 450043. In Northam behind 444006.

 

[Dan15812]

It's slightly odd as judging by the video it's received the blue dots above the small first class section.
I thought they axed this ages ago!

 

[59CosG95]

It's slightly odd as judging by the video it's received the blue dots above the small first class section.
I thought they axed this ages ago!

Well, I suspect it's only temporary until they get repainted.

 

[RealTrains07]

Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/416058245396730/
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Odd seeing it without the stripes which were paint by the way not vinyl. (Confirmed at the open day)

the front looks odd with the black area being painted. Ugly if you ask me.

i hope 040 doesnt lose its stripes for the bland livery

 

[Goldfish62]

i hope 040 doesnt lose its stripes for the bland livery

It will do in due course.

 

[CR165022]

It will do in due course.

It might not though because the 159s with the striped livery haven't been changed unless they do them after the rest of the 159s are done

 

[Goldfish62]

It might not though because the 159s with the striped livery haven't been changed unless they do them after the rest of the 159s are done

Give them a chance! SWR (Mellors) said all the striped ones will be re-done in standard livery. That could be soon or it could be at the end of the Desiro repaints. Just because they haven't been done yet doesn't mean that they won't be.

 

[43096]

It might not though because the 159s with the striped livery haven't been changed unless they do them after the rest of the 159s are done

It will because the 444 and 450 fleets are due repaint/bodywork overhaul. The two initial vinyl jobs need this work as well, so the vinyls will come off.

 

[CR165022]

Give them a chance! SWR (Mellors) said all the striped ones will be re-done in standard livery. That could be soon or it could be at the end of the Desiro repaints. Just because they haven't been done yet doesn't mean that they won't be.

Ok thanks for the info