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Desiro swap around gives more seats on Portsmouth line

To provide more seats on some South West Trains Portsmouth line services, the company will be running some services currently formed of ten carriage Class 444 Desiros as 12 carriage Class 450 Desiros.  This will provide an extra 142 seats.  These changes will take place gradually as Class 450 stock becomes available.  The list below shows the plan for which peak trains will run as Class 444s and which will run as Class 450s.

Further changes in Class 444 deployment will take place in early 2007 when the Class 442s are returned to Angel Trains and the '444s' are needed for the Waterloo-Bournemouth-Weymouth line.

Morning trains
• 0600 Haslemere to Waterloo (arr. 0708) 5 car 444
• 0518 Portsmouth Harbour to Waterloo (arr. 0712) 5 car 444
• 0632 Haslemere to Waterloo (arr. 0737) 8 car 450
• 0550 Portsmouth Harbour to Waterloo (arr. 0744) 12 car 450
• 0615 Portsmouth Harbour to Waterloo (arr.0754) 10 car 444
• 0709 Haslemere to Waterloo (arr. 0811) 12 car 450
• 0642 Hilsea to Waterloo (arr. 0824) 12 car 450
• 0642 Portsmouth Harbour to Waterloo (arr. 0831) 10 car 444
• 0710 Havant to Waterloo (arr. 0841) 12 car 450
• 0713 Portsmouth Harbour to Waterloo (arr. 0855) 12 car 450
• 0655 Portsmouth Harbour to Waterloo (arr. 0913) 12 car 450
• 0745 Portsmouth Harbour to Waterloo (arr. 0931) 5 car 444 (10 cars from Guildford )
• 0729 Portsmouth Harbour to Waterloo (arr. 0943)  5 car 444
• 0813 Portsmouth Harbour to Waterloo (arr. 0955)  5 car 444
• 0824 Portsmouth & Southsea to Waterloo (arr. 1014)  8 car 450

Evening trains
• 1600 Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour 8 car 450
• 1615 Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour 5 car 444
• 1630 Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour 10 car 444
• 1645 Waterloo to Portsmouth & Southsea 8 car 450
• 1700 Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour 10 car 444
• 1715 Waterloo to Fratton 8 car 450
• 1730 Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour 12 car 450
• 1745 Waterloo to Havant 10 car 444
• 1800 Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour 12 car 450
• 1815 Waterloo to Fratton 12 car 450
• 1818 Waterloo to Haslemere 8 car 450
• 1830 Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour 12 car 450
• 1845 Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour 12 car 450
• 1900 Waterloo to Portsmouth Harboour 10 car 444



 

 

Last Updated: 15 November 2006
 
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