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| SWR 450 111 at Aldershot |
| Information | |
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| Number built: | 508 (127 4-car sets) |
| Built: | 2002-7 |
| Builder: | Siemens Transportation |
| Motor: | 4 1TB2016 0GB02 three-phase traction motors (750V DC third rail) |
| Power: | 2, 682 hp (2, 000 kW) |
| Formation: | Driving Motor Standard Open (DMSO)+Trailer Composite Open (TCO)+Trailer Standard Open (TSO)+Driving Motor Standard Open (DMSO) |
The original fleet is known as the Class 450/0 and can carry 242 standard class and twenty four first class passengers, first and some standard class seating is 2+2 with other standard class seating being 2+3.
Twenty eight sets were modified for higher capacity (facilitated by removing first class seats and altering the internal layout) for the London Waterloo-Windsor route [2] in 2008-9 as Class 450/5. First class seating was restored to these units as they were replaced by Class 458/5s on the route from 2013 and the 450/5s rejoined the main fleet.
Originally SWT were to receive a mixed fleet of 450/0s and 450/2s, which were to be five car sets for inner suburban routes, however the idea was dropped due to problems with platform lengths and therefore all Class 450s are four car sets. All sets remain in service with South West Trains' successor South Western Railway who took over operations in the late Summer of 2017 [3].
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| 450 015 at Worplesdon |
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| 450 055 at Bentley |
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| 450 003 at Bagshot |
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| 450 003 again, this time at Camberley |
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| 450 040 at Martins Heron |
[1] John Balmforth, South West Trains (Ian Allan, 2011) p. 62
[2] Colin J Marsden, DMU and EMU Recognition Guide (Ian Allan, 2013) p. 349
[3] Modern Railways (May 2017) p. 24