British Rail Class 444
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The British Rail Class 444 Desiro is a third-rail electric multiple-unit passenger train built by Siemens Transportation Systems in Austria between 2002 and 2004. The Class 444 currently operate on ex
A pair of South Western Railway Class 444s near Southampton Airport Parkway in 2021
Refurbished standard-class saloon
Class 444 unit at the Siemens Wildenrath test centre in 2004.
Two Class 444s of South West Trains at Eastleigh in 2010
British Rail Class 442
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The British Rail Class 442 Wessex Electrics were electric multiple unit passenger trains introduced in 1988 by Network SouthEast on the South West Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth to coincid
British Rail Class 444
…May 2005, as the last replacement Desiros came into service. Initially, the Class 444s were used mainly on Portsmouth direct services, allowing the Class 442 units to be used on the Weymouth line. The Class 444 units were also used regularly on Sunday-only Bournemouth stopping services, Waterloo to Southampton…
South Western Railway Class 442 train near Shawford in 2019
Standard-class saloon of an SWR-refurbished unit
The interior of refurbished First Class section
Network SouthEast Class 442 at Weymouth in 1992