London to Portsmouth by train. London Waterloo railway station & South Western Railway train review.

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London Waterloo is the busiest railway station in Great Britain, serving mainly trains of South Western Railway (SWR). For this trip report we took the train from London to Portsmouth Harbour railway station on board of a South Western Railway train (British Rail Class 450). This are no true long distance trains, however for international and long distance passengers, this connection is more interesting as you might think at first, from Portsmouth there are ferries to France & Spain. If you have any questions, regarding this trip report, feel free to comment.
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00:00 Introduction trip report
01:12 London Waterloo railway station review
06:23 Train from London to Portsmouth (South Western Railway), British Rail Class 450
11:12 Environmental impact train & car on the route London - Portsmouth
11:28 Views from the train between London Waterloo railway station & Portsmouth
13:20 Portsmouth & Southsea railway station review
14:33 Portsmouth Harbour railway & bus station review
16:01 End of the video
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@rogercarrell 5 ай бұрын

An interesting tour. I was a Nine Elms and, later, Basingstoke fireman in the 1960s. Some good memories here especially the time I (accidently) flooded the concourse at Waterloo Station in 1962!

@Trainviking 5 ай бұрын

Haha so maybe the water in Waterloo has a different mening now 😉.

@MrRQBQ 10 ай бұрын

As a child in the 1950s I used to live in Portsmouth. Today most city centre businesses have moved to new sites on the outskirts which are much more accessible. However, this has had an adverse affect on Portsmouth & Southsea train station which no longer has the same amount of footfall. When I lived in Portsmouth the station had 8 platforms, but now because of the lack of commuters, the capacity has been reduced to just 4.

@DailyAviaton 5 ай бұрын

Great video

@Trainviking 5 ай бұрын

Thank you

@Brrunoc1 2 ай бұрын

When travelling from Harwich to Waterloo, one option is to get off at Stratford and take the Jubilee to Waterloo, The other which I use is to get of at Liverpool Street, walk 500 meters to Bank and take the Waterloo & City line to Waterloo. Both these options mean you only take one underground train to Waterloo.

@Trainviking 2 ай бұрын

Ooohh I haven't thought about that.

@juulvlog Жыл бұрын

Duimpje omhoog!!!

@luisstransport Жыл бұрын

Great trip report

@bartveen6038 Жыл бұрын

weer een leuke video !

@bubba842 Жыл бұрын

The bus station is kind of new. There was no building when I used to live in Portsmouth 15 years ago. It used to just be outside bus stops.

@Trainviking Жыл бұрын

I guess so too. The bus station looked new and well taken care of. Hopefully the railway station will have some improvements soon as well.

@ameerali.ouarda Жыл бұрын

They operate 444’s on that route which has an intercity carriage layout from the door arrangement to the seats being 2-2 and more airline style seating.

@Trainviking Жыл бұрын

Oh really? Maybe I was unlucky than?

@grassytramtracks 4 ай бұрын

@@Trainviking They run 3+2 seat 450s quite often so its not that unlikely

@AymanTravelTransport 2 ай бұрын

@@Trainviking yeah, on the Portsmouth route they use a mix of both the 444 (Intercity 2+2 style) and 450 (Commuter 2+3 style) as it's more of a Regional Express type of service than Intercity, but the route to Southampton (where you'll almost always find the 444) is closer to Intercity, especially the longer express service that carries onto Bournemouth and Weymouth.

@ztmsl 11 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Made a similar trip last year, enjoyed it a lot. I can't help to notice the pronunciation of Portsmouth is a bit off: 'portsmuf' in Dutch.

@Trainviking 11 ай бұрын

Hahaha I can't hide that I'm Dutch (and actually I'm not even doing my best to hide it.

@kevinellis8869 Жыл бұрын

The Portsmouth line commuters were very upset when SWR concentrated the 444 sets on the Southampton-Bournemouth-Weymouth line a few years ago, they had 2+2 seating throughout.

@Trainviking Жыл бұрын

I can imagine. In a way, it's good trains can accommodate more passengers, however I guess there can be a wat in the middle (for example trains that do have a section in a 2 + 3 seating, or special trains for during peak hours). We'll I don't know... It's nit bad bad bad but I've seen a lot of trains that are better.

@doveronefoxtrot4417 Ай бұрын

The trains used to be inter City, with corridor class. Now they are commuter trains, with no catering, and from the outside, they look like children's toys. A real upgrade... Not.