- First Class 707 unit delivered
- Class 450 Advertising Vinyls
- Class 456 in Quantity Off Peak
- Class 458/5 Stately Progress
- New Power Car for 5913
- Refurbished Class 456 units in service
- Class 458/5 Out and About
- Class 456 at Waterloo
- Class 456 Enters Service
- Class 458/5 Interiors
- Class 458/5 Enters Service
- Class 458/5 Press Launch
- SWT Class 456 Driver Training
- Class 458/5 Early Days
- Juniper Movember
- Class 159 to Swanage
- Junipers in New Platforms at Reading
- 159/1 Livery Variation
- Diversions via Wimbledon Park
- Cigs To Leave Lymington
- Desiro Day!
- First Refurbished 455/8s
- Regenerative Brake Testing
- Desiro Derailment Waterloo
- Lymington 150
- 1498 Carries Passengers on Mainline
- Swanage Beer & Diesel Gala
- 458 Refresh at Bournemouth
- 455 to Chart Leacon
- Early Refurbished 455s Get More Attention
- Maroon Isle of Wight Units
- High Capacity Desiros
- SWT Livery in Far North
- Thunderbird is Go!
- Two Slammers at Wimbledon
- SWT Ends 170 Operations
- Lymington Cigs Turned
- Gordon Returns to Bournemouth
- Gordon Moves to Wimbledon
- First Refurbished 158 Arrives
- Gordon Outing to Swanage
- 444 Most Reliable Train
- Juniper Diversions
- First 159/1 Enters Service
- SWT Gain Another 17 350s
- Desiro on Lymington Branch
- Mixed 455 Formations
- 450101 Finally Enters Service
- 34th Refurbished 455
- SWT 159/1 Preview
- Engineering Work at Woking
- Arrivals and Departures
458/5 Interiors
There are some who think the Juniper series of units superior to the Desiros and they have certainly been known for their light and airy interiors. 458531-458536 are converted from former Gatwick Express Class 460 units and the refurbished interiors are a pleasant modification to higher density purposes - note the plethora of handrails. The waist level "rib" distinctive of Juniper units is still apparent.
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above, the wheelchair accessible areas of car 74446 (458531) are certainly spacious, photograph by "GB",
left, you may have noticed in these photos the rather large car letters. These units retain their original PIS which was never designed to show or announce the car number (to advise during selective door opening) so these mechanical displays, which are reversible to allow for different formations, have been provided. Train crew will be expected to operate these, though no doubt there will be ten car formations with two sets of cars A-E and F-K (presumably I is not used)! photograph by James Dixon.
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