South Western Railway and Network Rail collaboration sees innovative year-long trial of thermal imaging cameras to help prevent delays Two cameras have been fitted to a South Western Railway train, now named ‘Hotshot’, to monitor tracks in London, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire and Dorset Faults that the Hotshot train will help detect can otherwise typically cause […]
Image: Aventra Class 701 South Western Railway Arterio trains at London Waterloo railway station (Credit – South Western Railway) Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has signed a four-and-a-half-year Technical Support and Spares Supply Agreement (TSSSA) with South Western Railway (SWR) to support the operation and performance of their new Class 701 Arterio […]
ENGLAND cricket legend Stuart Broad CBE today joined South Western Railway (SWR) to celebrate the rollout of the Arterio fleet, officially naming one of their trains the Nighthawk in London Waterloo. The former One Day and Twenty20 captain unveiled the Nighthawk a short trip up the line from Vauxhall, home to the Oval cricket ground […]
South Western Railway is refurbishing parts of the iconic Art Deco style Richmond station in South West London South Western Railway, Network Rail and the Railway Heritage Trust are funding a small programme of improvements with hopes of more refurbishment in the future The station’s entrance will be transformed and customer toilets will also be […]
154 South Western Railway stations across its extensive network will have publicly accessible defibrillators by the end of the summer The defibrillators will be available for use day or night by colleagues and local communities to help save lives The announcement coincides with the naming of The Alex Wardle Foundation train at London Waterloo today […]
SWR is the first Train Operating Company to use new form of cutting-edge technology to improve station accessibility myEyes app uses Near Field Technology to guide customers with sight loss around stations Three-month trial taking place at Vauxhall and Putney stations In an industry first, South Western Railway (SWR) has embarked on a trial of […]
