South Western Railway
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Franchise(s) | South Western 20 August 2017 – 28 May 2025 |
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Reporting mark | SW[1] |
Predecessor | South West Trains |
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Website | www |
South Western Railway (SWR; legal name First MTR South Western Trains Limited,[3]) is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup (70%) and MTR Corporation (30%) that operates the South Western franchise.
On 20 August 2017, SWR took over South Western franchise operations from the previous franchisee
During April 2018, amid concerns of SWR's performance, the Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, announced an independent review into SWR and Network Rail. Between 2 December 2019 and 2 January 2020, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) undertook 27 days of strikes. Further industrial action by SWR's staff was undertaken in 2022. In response to the decrease in passenger travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, SWR had considerably curtailed its services by mid-2020. In January 2020, SWR announced that they were in discussions with the government regarding the future of the franchise. In December 2020, it was announced that SWR's franchise would be abolished and replaced by a shorter management contract. In February 2023, the contract was extended to May 2025.
History
During July 2015, the Department for Transport (DfT) abandoned efforts to negotiate an extension with the incumbent operator of the South Western franchise, South West Trains, (owned by British transport conglomerate Stagecoach) and announced that the South Western franchise would be retendered for in the coming years.[4][5][6]
In February 2016, the DfT announced that two companies, FirstGroup and Stagecoach, had been shortlisted to bid for the next South Western franchise.[7][8] During June 2016, MTR Corporation partnered with FirstGroup in their bid, taking a 30% shareholding in the joint venture.[9][10] During July 2016, the DfT issued the Invitation to Tender.[11][12]
During March 2017, the DfT announced that the South Western franchise had been awarded to First/MTR.[13] At the time, it was stated that its franchise period was to commence from 20 August 2017 and run through to 18 August 2024, although the deal had included an option for the DfT to extend it for a further 48 weeks.[14][15][16]
The
By April 2018, concerns had reportedly grown over SWR's performance over previous months; there had been a noted rise in both the number of delayed services and outright cancellations. Due to these concerns, the Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, announced an independent review into the performance of South Western Railway and Network Rail; the review was welcomed by Winchester's MP, Steve Brine.[20] During July 2018, reports emerged that FirstGroup/MTR were in the process of renegotiating the SWR contract, allegedly due to the operator's inability to deliver on many of its promised improvements, as well as its declining performance and industrial action by its own staff.[21]
Between 2 December 2019 and 2 January 2020, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) undertook 27 days of strikes. These were in protest to the potential introduction of DOO (driver only operation) on SWR's new fleet of Bombardier-built Class 701 multiple units, which would thereby nullify the role of the guard.[22]
In January 2020, SWR announced that they were in discussions with the government regarding the future of the franchise following a £137 million loss, with termination of the contract being a possibility.[23]
By mid-2020, SWR had considerably curtailed its services in response to the significant decline of passenger travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[24][25] From 15 June 2020, both passengers and staff on public transport in England, including SWR services, were required to wear face coverings while travelling, and that anyone failing to do so would be liable to be refused travel or fined.[26][27]
In December 2020, it was announced that terms for the abolition of the franchise system for SWR had been agreed, and that the company would be given a management contract to run until 1 April 2023 when the ERMA (Emergency Recovery Measures Agreement) for the franchise ends in March 2021.[28] During October 2021, the contract was updated with a finish date of 28 May 2023, with an option to extend further if required by the DfT.[29] In February 2023, the contract was further extended until May 2025.[30]
SWR is one of several train operators impacted by the
Services
South Western Railway is the main operator for western Surrey, Hampshire and Dorset, and also serves London, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Somerset and Devon.
Most SWR services run on electrified lines using the 750
From
As with most rail companies, non-folding bicycles are banned from peak-time trains to and from London. However, these restrictions apply only to cyclists boarding or alighting in the area bounded by Hook, Alton, Guildford, Reading and Dorking, in order to maximise available passenger space on the most crowded trains.[35]
Mainline services
SWR operates regular services on four mainline routes:[36][37]
- The West Coastwaylines to Portsmouth Harbour station.
- The Portsmouth Direct line (PDL) branches off the SWML at Woking and runs to Portsmouth via Guildford, Haslemere, Petersfield and Havant. South Western Railway operates all passenger trains on this route; these include fast and semi-fast services between London and Portsmouth, and semi-fast services as far as Haslemere.
- The West of England line (WEL) is the only mainline route that is not fully electrified.[38] It leaves the SWML at Basingstoke and runs to Exeter via Andover, Salisbury, Gillingham and Yeovil. South Western Railway is the only operator on the line, with most services running between London and either Salisbury or Exeter St Davids. Some peak-time services terminate at various other destinations on the line, including Gillingham and Andover. On Summer Saturdays, there is also a daily return service to Weymouth, which leaves the WEML at Yeovil Junction and continues via the Heart of Wessex Line.
- The Alton line leaves the SWML at Brookwood (just after Woking) and runs to Alton via Aldershot and Farnham. It is the shortest of the four mainline routes and as such it is sometimes considered an outer suburban route instead (however for ticketing purposes, it is classed as a mainline route). Services usually run the full length of the line between London and Alton, though some services terminate at Farnham.
In total, there are 14 mainline trains per hour departing London Waterloo in the off-peak; this number increases in the peak hours.[37] The majority of mainline services are operated by Class 444 or Class 450 EMUs, except for the West of England Main Line which is always operated by Class 158 or Class 159 DMUs (because it is unelectrified) and the Alton Line which also sees the occasional use of Class 458 units.
Metro and Suburban services
South Western Railway also operates many suburban "Metro" services in and around London. These all run between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction, where they split into two separate routes: via Putney and via Wimbledon.[36] All services on the suburban part of the network are operated by Class 450, Class 455, Class 458 and Class 707 electric multiple units.
Via Putney
The main route via Putney is known as the
- The Hounslow Loop Line, which leaves the main line at Barnes, runs via Brentford and rejoins the line between Whitton and Feltham (with junctions in both directions). Most services on the branch run either between London and Weybridge (described below), or run in a loop from Waterloo to Waterloo via Brentford, Whitton and Richmond (these services run both clockwise and anticlockwise).
- The Kingston Loop Line, which branches off at Twickenham, runs via Kingston and joins the South West Main Line at New Malden. Most services on this line run in an anticlockwise loop, from Waterloo to Waterloo, via Putney, Strawberry Hill, Kingston and Wimbledon.
- There is also a branch line to Shepperton, however, this is only served by Putney trains at peak times.
- The Staines to Windsor Line, which branches off the main line at Staines-upon-Thames and runs to Windsor & Eton Riverside station. Most services run semi-fast between London and Windsor.
- The Chertsey Branch Line, which leaves the main line at Virginia Water and runs to Weybridge. Most services on the line run between London and Weybridge via the Hounslow Loop Line; a few services are extended beyond Weybridge, to and from Woking.
- The Ascot to Guildford Line, which is only served by through trains at peak times; these services run between London and Aldershot.
A total of 12 trains per hour run between London Waterloo and Putney in the off-peak; this number increases in peak hours.[37]
Via Wimbledon
The main route via Wimbledon uses the slow tracks of the quadruple-track South West Main Line. Suburban trains run along the mainline between London and Woking. Branch lines on this route include:[36][37]
- The Mole Valley Line, which branches off the main line at Raynes Park and runs via Epsom to Leatherhead, where the branch line itself splits into two lines: one to Guildford and one to Horsham via Dorking. SWR runs regular services to both Guildford and Dorking; the section between Dorking and Horsham is operated by Southern.[39]
- The Chessington Branch Linebranches off the Mole Valley Line at Motspur Park and runs to Chessington.
- The
- The Kingston Loop Line, which leaves the SWML at New Malden, runs via Kingston and joins the Waterloo to Reading line at Twickenham. Most services on this line run in a clockwise loop, from Waterloo to Waterloo, via Wimbledon, Kingston, Strawberry Hill and Putney.
- The Shepperton Branch Line, which branches off the Kingston Loop Line at Teddington. Most services on the branch line run between Waterloo and Shepperton via Wimbledon.
- The
- The Hampton Court Branch Line, which leaves the main line at Surbiton and runs directly to Hampton Court.
- The New Guildford Line, which also branches off at Surbiton, running to Guildford via Claygate. The line joins the Guildford branch of the Mole Valley Line at Effingham Junction.
A total of 16 trains per hour run between London Waterloo and Wimbledon in the off-peak; this number increases in peak hours.[37]
Other services
Routes that do not start or terminate at London Waterloo include:[36][37]
- The Ascot to Guildford Line, which runs between Ascot and Guildford via Aldershot. Most services on the line run only between Ascot and Guildford, with no extension in either direction; however, some peak-time services do run between London and Farnham via Ascot. The shuttle services are usually operated by Class 450units.
- The western section of the West Coastway Line between Portsmouth and Southampton. Class 450units are usually in operation on this route.
- The Eastleigh to Romsey Line between Romsey and Eastleigh. Services on the line are extended beyond Eastleigh to and from Salisbury via Southampton Central and Romsey, in effect calling at Romsey twice. These services are operated using Class 158units.
- The Wessex Main Line between Salisbury and Southampton. Services are extended beyond Southampton via the Eastleigh to Romsey Line, as described above.
- The Lymington Pier runs every 30 minutes between these two stations. This is done entirely by Class 450units on this line.
- The Island Line on the Isle of Wight, between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin. These services are operated using former London Underground Class 484 converted from London Underground D78 stock.
Service table
Details of each route, including maps and timetables, are on the South Western Railway official website (see External links below). As of December 2023, its routes off-peak Monday to Friday, with frequencies in trains per hour (tph), include:[40]
South West Main Line | ||
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Route | tph | Calling at |
London Waterloo to Woking |
2 | |
London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour via Winchester |
1 | |
London Waterloo to Poole |
1 |
|
Winchester (and Southampton Central) to Bournemouth | 1 |
|
London Waterloo to Weymouth |
1 | |
1 |
| |
Portsmouth Direct line | ||
Route | tph | Calling at |
London Waterloo to Haslemere |
1 |
|
London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour via Guildford |
2 |
|
West of England line | ||
Route | tph | Calling at |
London Waterloo to Salisbury |
1 |
|
London Waterloo to Basingstoke |
2 |
|
London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids |
1 | |
Alton line | ||
Route | tph | Calling at |
London Waterloo to Alton |
2 | |
Kingston Loop line | ||
Route | tph | Calling at |
Kingston |
2 | Anticlockwise:
|
2 | Clockwise:
| |
Waterloo to Reading | ||
Route | tph | Calling at |
London Waterloo to Reading |
2 | |
Staines to Windsor and Chertsey branch | ||
Route | tph | Calling at |
London Waterloo to Windsor & Eton Riverside |
2 | |
2 | ||
Mole Valley line and Chessington branch | ||
Route | tph | Calling at |
London Waterloo to Chessington South |
2 | |
London Waterloo to Dorking |
1 | |
1 | ||
Shepperton and Hampton Court branches | ||
Route | tph | Calling at |
London Waterloo to Shepperton |
2 | |
London Waterloo to Hampton Court |
2 | |
New Guildford line | ||
Route | tph | Calling at |
London Waterloo to Guildford via Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon |
2 | |
Ascot to Guildford | ||
Route | tph | Calling at |
Ascot to Aldershot | 2 | |
Guildford to Farnham | 2 | |
West Coastway Line | ||
Route | tph | Calling at |
Portsmouth & Southsea to Southampton Central | 1 | |
Eastleigh to Romsey and Wessex Main Line | ||
Route | tph | Calling at |
Romsey to Salisbury | 1 | |
Lymington branch | ||
Route | tph | Calling at |
Brockenhurst to Lymington Pier | 2 | Lymington Town |
Island Line | ||
Route | tph | Calling at |
Shanklin to Ryde Esplanade | 2 |
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Future services
Improvements promised under the 2017 contract were:[41]
- Refurbished trains
- Journeys to London eight minutes faster from Southampton, nine minutes faster from Bournemouth, ten minutes faster from Exeter and 14 minutes faster from Weymouth
- Free Wi-Fi at all stations and on mainland trains
- 29 additional weekday and Saturday services between Portsmouth & Southsea and Southampton Central
- Hourly direct trains from Weymouth to Portsmouth to begin before 2019
- 35 additional weekday and Saturday services between Portsmouth & Southsea and London Waterloo
- More Sunday services
- Investment in stations, including improvements to Southampton Central station
- Live information on seating availability and crowding levels via a new mobile phone app
As of May 2019[update], there is also an hourly Sunday service between Reading and Salisbury via Basingstoke (with trains running between morning and evening).[42]
In August 2021, the company announced the launch of "assisted boarding points" at all 189 stations on its network, allowing disabled or elderly passengers to ask for assistance onboard trains with as little as ten minutes' notice.[43] The scheme will include clear signage at stations, with QR codes allowing customers to send details of the assistance they require and their planned journey to staff, replacing older systems wherein assisted journeys had to be booked six hours to a day in advance.
Rolling stock
South Western Railway inherited a fleet of Classes 158, 159, 444, 450, 455, 456, 458 and 707 from South West Trains, and subsequently re-introduced Class 442 trains which had operated on Gatwick Express after earlier service with South West Trains. The current fleet for the Island Line, Class 484, entered service on 1 November 2021.[44]
During March 2020, the Class 442 fleet was withdrawn. One year later, SWR decided that they would not be returned to service and their re-introduction has been cancelled.[45] In March 2021, SWR announced it would be keeping 28 Class 458 units and will refurbish and reconfigure them to four carriages for planned deployment on the Portsmouth Direct Line instead of the Class 442.[46]
In early 2024 it was announced that the plan to use the refurbished and reconfigured Class 458s on the Portsmouth Direct Line had been dropped, and that South Western Railway has no current plans to use the 458/4s.[47][48]
Classes
By June 2023[update], 42 of the 90 trains ordered had been accepted from Alstom.[53] The trains began to be used for passengers in January 2024.[54]
Current fleet
Family | Class | Image | Type | Top speed | Number | Carriages | Routes | Built | |
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mph | km/h | ||||||||
South Western Railway | |||||||||
Sprinter | 158 Express Sprinter | DMU | 90 | 145 | 8[55] | 2 | 1989–1992 | ||
159 South Western Turbo | 29[56][57] | 3 | West of England, Heart of Wessex and Wessex Main Lines: |
| |||||
Siemens Desiro | 444 | EMU | 100 | 160 | 45 | 5 |
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2003–2004 | |
450 | 127 | 4 |
Outer suburban routes:
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2002–2006 | |||||
BR Second Generation (Mark 3) | 455 | 75 | 120 | 83[58] | 4 | Inner suburban routes: | 1982–1985 | ||
Alstom Coradia Juniper | 458 | 34[59][60] | 5 | Outer suburban services:
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Alstom Aventra | 701 Aventra (Arterio) | 100 | 160 | 60 | 5 | Windsor and south west London suburban services
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2019–2024[54] | ||
Siemens Desiro | 707 Desiro City | 2[61] | 5 | Inner suburban services: | 2015–2018 | ||||
Island Line | |||||||||
Vivarail D-Train | 484 | EMU | 60 | 100 | 5 | 2 | Island Line: Ryde Pier Head – Shanklin | 1978–1981 (as
D78 Stock )Converted 2020–2021 | |
Past fleet
Train types formerly operated by South Western Railway include:
- Class 483, all withdrawn from service on 3 January 2021 after 82 years of service, including their time with London Transport.[62]
- Class 442, permanently withdrawn in March 2020.[63]
- Class 456 withdrawn from service 17 January 2022.[64]
Family | Class | Image | Type | Top speed | Carriages | Number | Routes operated | Built | Withdrawn | Notes | |
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mph | km/h | ||||||||||
1938 tube stock | 483 | EMU | 45 | 72 | 2 | 6 | Island Line | 1938 | 2020–2021 | Replaced by Class 484 | |
BR Second Generation (Mark 3) | 442 Wessex Electrics | 100 | 160 | 5 | 18 |
|
1987–1989 | 2020 | Replaced by Class 444 | ||
455 | 75 | 120 | 4 | 9 | Inner suburban routes: | 1982-1985 | 2022 | Scrapped[58] | |||
456 | 2 | 24 |
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1990–1991 | Scrapped[65] | ||||||
Depots
Nine
Bournemouth
Farnham
It was refurbished for the introduction of modern units when slam-door trains were replaced circa 2005. At the same time, disused quarry and ballast dump sidings behind the carriage shed were removed and a number of outdoor sidings were laid for overnight storage and servicing of units.Feltham
Feltham depot was completed in 2021; it is intended to provide stabling for the Class 701 units.[67]
Fratton
Fratton Traincare Depot is located on central Portsea Island, alongside Fratton station. It has a carriage washer and is the fuelling point for the 158s and 159s. The depot has a train shed with two pitted roads for maintenance of rolling stock. Class 444 and 450 units berth overnight. Stabling sidings and bay platforms at Portsmouth & Southsea station are co-ordinated from the depot.[citation needed]
Northam
Ryde
Ryde Traincare Depot, alongside Ryde St John's Road on the Isle of Wight serviced the Class 483 units that used to operate on the Island Line.[69][70][71]
This has been refitted to allow the new Class 484 to be serviced.[citation needed]
Salisbury
Salisbury depot provides servicing for the South Western Railway diesel fleet.[citation needed]
Strawberry Hill
Strawberry Hill train maintenance depot in south west London, was built in 1897, is inside the triangular junction of the Shepperton Branch Line with the Kingston Loop Line, just yards from Strawberry Hill railway station.
Wimbledon
Wimbledon Traincare Depot is located between Wimbledon and Earlsfield stations, on the main line to Waterloo, next to the Wimbledon railway viaduct. It is currently the home of the Class 455, 456, 458/5 and 707 fleets, although other classes from the SWR fleet berth overnight there.[citation needed]
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