South Western Railway Class 458/4 ride in service - Vauxhall to Clapham Junction

On the 25th June 2024, South Western Railway entered its refurbished Class 458/4s into passenger service on London Waterloo-Weybridge services via Staines. Join me in this video where we take a look at SWR's refurbished units onboard Class 458415 and 458421 on their very first passenger service post-refurbishment, on a short run from Vauxhall to Clapham Junction.
Corrections
00:54 The unit we are riding on is 458421, not 458422. Apologies for any confusion.

[@anthonywarrener1881]

Great video, and very nice units !

[@MPDTransport]

Awesome video

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Thank you :)

[@eastlondontransport6468]

Great video Charlie 😊

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Thank you :)

[@ChoobChoob]

Nice video! I can't wait to board one of these myself! The doors on these units open and close really fast, so they're much better for time-keeping on stopping services via Chertsey than 450s but it's got a cosy long-distance interior!

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Thank you! I agree, the 458/4s seem to be the best of both worlds.

[@thetrainhornmaster9439]

4:20 I see its still got the old announcements that's sick-

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Indeed - I thought they would have replaced them with the new announcements by now.

[@thetrainhornmaster9439]

@@ItsAllAboutTheJourney same here 😂

[@harryelliott4310]

SWR Class 458

[@maimadha]

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[@Expired05040]

Will these ever run on the Shepperton line?

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

SWR have only stated so far that these units will be used on Weybridge services and Twickenham loop services. It's possible that they may turn up on these routes in the future but I don't believe any will run on the Shepperton branch at the moment.

[@davidtresarden9069]

These units were actually refurbished with the intention of using them on Waterloo - Portsmouth Hbr fast services,hence the 100mph max.speed.Don't yet know if that's still the intention.

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

SWR announced just a few months back that these services will not be used on Portsmouth services, and will remain on London suburban services for the moment to supplement the 701s as they are introduced.

[@maimadha]

​@@ItsAllAboutTheJourneywhat's going to happen to the 458/4 as SWR has stopped plans to use them on the Portsmouth Direct Line