SWT trip

samwhitewick · Post by **samwhitewick** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:54 pm

I was on a trip today going to kingston and i swear i saw a Class 444 pass our train but the odd thing is that only 455's and occasionaly 450's come on that line. but it was heading towards shepperton?! Can someone explain this strange happening?
Also are the "the next station is...." announments automatic or manual as on the way back i would be coming out of say upper haliford and it would say "the next sation is upper haliford" this was all of the journey andn "this is a SWT to waterloo" but it as for shepperton?! Plus the train there and back was a few minutes late which is also strange as they are normally ontime?!

samwhitewick · Post by **samwhitewick** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:16 pm

samwhitewick wrote:I was on a trip today going to kingston and i swear i saw a Class 444

It was probably a 442!!!!

Pompeyfan · Post by **Pompeyfan** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:55 am

hi, it was a 442 on the last ever 442 working for SWT, it was a staff only train on the loop. as i understand it the signaling is 2 aspect, with distant signals, if so a block would be quite large. and so the train got held up waiting for the 442 to clear the signal block?

NiallGray · Post by **NiallGray** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:49 am

Pompeyfan wrote:hi, it was a 442 on the last ever 442 working for SWT, it was a staff only train on the loop. as i understand it the signaling is 2 aspect, with distant signals, if so a block would be quite large. and so the train got held up waiting for the 442 to clear the signal block?

Yeah, it was. Fred saw it go through Datchet and got some pics.

samwhitewick · Post by **samwhitewick** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:03 am

ok thanks. its a shame that i didnt see it at shepperton. that would of made my year. Still are the announcements auto or manual?
Sam

Pompeyfan · Post by **Pompeyfan** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:06 am

on the train or on the platform, they are usually automatically read but if on a train a number gets enterd into the trains computer and the comp recognises the number and so reads out the destination

samwhitewick · Post by **samwhitewick** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:19 am

does it read out the certain information when it goes past a certain point?

Pompeyfan · Post by **Pompeyfan** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:26 am

on board gps

fredmaster424 · Post by **fredmaster424** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:34 am

NiallGray wrote:
Pompeyfan wrote:hi, it was a 442 on the last ever 442 working for SWT, it was a staff only train on the loop. as i understand it the signaling is 2 aspect, with distant signals, if so a block would be quite large. and so the train got held up waiting for the 442 to clear the signal block?
Yeah, it was. Fred saw it go through Datchet and got some pics.

Dad saw it through datchet but i saw it at wraysbury

samwhitewick · Post by **samwhitewick** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:44 pm

Would it stop for long at shepperton or just quick stop and start?

phill70 · Post by **phill70** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:29 pm

samwhitewick wrote:Would it stop for long at shepperton or just quick stop and start?

Enough time for the driver to change ends, and off again I would have thought.

Glyn

samwhitewick · Post by **samwhitewick** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:54 pm

argh *kick myself*

phill70 · Post by **phill70** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:10 pm

samwhitewick wrote:argh *kick myself*

Glyn

joea1 · Post by **joea1** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:29 pm

Me and some mates were chasing it, we got it at Feltham, Fulwell and Hampton - it didn't linger at Shepperton.

samwhitewick · Post by **samwhitewick** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:00 pm

I must of saw it between hampton and fulwell. I guess it didnt stop at any stations apart form shepperton, waterloo and windsor?

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