South West Trains
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| Franchise(s): | South Western 4 Feb 1996 − 31 January 2004 1 Feb 2004 − 3 February 2007 4 Feb 2007 – August 2017 |
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| Main region(s): | Greater London, Surrey, Hampshire, Isle of Wight & Dorset | ||||
| Other region(s): | Berkshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon | ||||
| Fleet size: | 360 (366 including Island Line) 10 Class 158 Express Sprinter sets (11th on long-term hire to East Midlands Trains) 30 Class 159 South Western Turbo sets 45 Class 444 Desiro sets 127 Class 450 Desiro sets 91 Class 455 sets 36 Class 458/5 Juniper sets 1 Class 73 Rescue electro-diesel locomotive 6 Class 483 - Island line sets 24 Class 456 sets |
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| Stations called at: | 213 | ||||
| Stations operated: | 185 (including Island Line) | ||||
| National Rail abbreviation: | SW | ||||
| Parent company: | Stagecoach | ||||
| Website: | www.southwesttrains.co.uk | ||||
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South West Trains (SWT) is a British train operating company owned by Scotland-based Stagecoach Group, which operates the South Western franchise for passenger service.
It operates the majority of commuter services from its Central London terminus at London Waterloo to South West London as well as most outer suburban/regional services in Surrey, Hampshire and Dorset. It also provides regional services in Devon, Somerset, Berkshire, and Wiltshire and on the Isle of Wight through its Island Line Trains subsidiary.
The area of operation, essentially the former South Western division of Network SouthEast, is also roughly that of the pre-1923 London and South Western Railway (excluding everything west of Exeter). Stagecoach Group took over the franchise on the privatisation of British Rail in 1996 and retained it in 2004 and again in 2007 making it, along with Chiltern Railways and Great Western Railway, the longest-running franchise. The bulk of its train services pass through the busiest section of the UK's domestic rail network at Clapham Junction.
In 1995 the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising awarded the South West Trains franchise to Stagecoach. Operations started on 4 February 1996. South West Trains' first train, the 05:10 Twickenham to London Waterloo, was the first privatised scheduled train to operate for 48 years.
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