EMU class 444

screvenant2005 · Post by **screvenant2005** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:41 pm

JonPotter wrote:
buffy500 wrote:Just as long as I avoid a 450 I'm happy.
What's wrong with a 450?

Traveling on them is not realy comfortable cos they dont have tables [only in first class] the 450 was originaly designed for use during rush-hour as you may notice the 450 has more seats than the usual 4 car Emu

the 444's are like the 442s both nice trains to ride on great for a long journey the 450's become very uncomfortable after a while if your on them from weymouth - waterloo

djhedge · Post by **djhedge** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:25 pm

screvenant2005 wrote: dont see many 450 down in Basingstoke unless its during Rush hour

All the Basingstoke - Waterloo semi-fast services are 450s regardless of it being the rush hour or not.

screvenant2005 · Post by **screvenant2005** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:27 pm

djhedge wrote:
screvenant2005 wrote: dont see many 450 down in Basingstoke unless its during Rush hour
All the Basingstoke - Waterloo semi-fast services are 450s regardless of it being the rush hour or not.

i know thats y i said and i quote 'dont see many 450's'

djhedge · Post by **djhedge** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:28 pm

screvenant2005 wrote:
djhedge wrote:
screvenant2005 wrote: dont see many 450 down in Basingstoke unless its during Rush hour
All the Basingstoke - Waterloo semi-fast services are 450s regardless of it being the rush hour or not.

i know thats y i said and i quote 'dont see many 450's'

but they are all 450s on that service - so surely you would see a fair few!

screvenant2005 · Post by **screvenant2005** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:30 pm

djhedge wrote:
screvenant2005 wrote:
djhedge wrote: All the Basingstoke - Waterloo semi-fast services are 450s regardless of it being the rush hour or not.

i know thats y i said and i quote 'dont see many 450's'
but they are all 450s on that service - so surely you would see a fair few!

yea 2 evey hour or so

djhedge · Post by **djhedge** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:32 pm

screvenant2005 wrote:yea 2 evey hour or so

yeah - that Basingstoke service pioneered the 450 introduction

screvenant2005 · Post by **screvenant2005** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:33 pm

djhedge wrote:
screvenant2005 wrote:yea 2 evey hour or so
yeah - that Basingstoke service pioneered the 450 introduction

i still prefer the 444 lol

djhedge · Post by **djhedge** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:35 pm

screvenant2005 wrote:
djhedge wrote:
screvenant2005 wrote:yea 2 evey hour or so
yeah - that Basingstoke service pioneered the 450 introduction
i still prefer the 444 lol

Me too! Fortunately the Alton line has a few 444s running on it - so I always go for those where possible. (Ocassionally you get a 444 & 450 9 car desiro

:D) With the increased amount of stops that the Alton/Basingstoke trains have to make after Woking, the 450s become very uncomfortable indeed

screvenant2005 · Post by **screvenant2005** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:36 pm

djhedge wrote:
screvenant2005 wrote:
djhedge wrote: yeah - that Basingstoke service pioneered the 450 introduction
i still prefer the 444 lol
Me too! Fortunately the Alton line has a few 444s running on it - so I always go for those where possible. (Ocassionally you get a 444 & 450 9 car desiro :D) With the increased amount of stops that the Alton/Basingstoke trains have to make after Woking, the 450s become very uncomfortable indeed

sure do went to portsmouth on a 444 was a nice ride went back on a 450 was not comfy at all

djhedge · Post by **djhedge** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:38 pm

screvenant2005 wrote:sure do went to portsmouth on a 444 was a nice ride went back on a 450 was not comfy at all

Ouch! The seat must have felt like stone by the time you got back!

buffy500 · Post by **buffy500** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:48 pm

Last weekend it was mostly 442's on the Soton Waterloo route.

Mole259 · Post by **Mole259** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:12 pm

I noticed some 444s are now running Alton-Waterloo services, very rarely did before, nice idea though.

442s should do quite a lot of services to southampton which is nice as theyre my favourite and my most used route. Nice comfortable seating and good sound as you travel along, cant get enough of those motors

screvenant2005 · Post by **screvenant2005** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:15 pm

Mole259 wrote:I noticed some 444s are now running Alton-Waterloo services, very rarely did before, nice idea though.

442s should do quite a lot of services to southampton which is nice as theyre my favourite and my most used route. Nice comfortable seating and good sound as you travel along, cant get enough of those motors

442s are good trains tis a shame most of them are being replaced by the 450s in sum places

trains2 · Post by **trains2** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:47 pm

I think we can basically say that 444s have run every route a 450 has, and 450s have run every route a 444 has. 444s have been on the Windsor lines, before someone points that out; on at least 2 occasions, I have seen a 444 at Weybridge running the Weybridge to Waterloo via Putney service, and seen a 444 disappear down the Windsor lines at Clapham.

Shame they don't give the Junipers more of a run, would give some variety even if they won't make it out of Clapham yard.

Rich

screvenant2005 · Post by **screvenant2005** » Sat May 20, 2006 12:19 am

buffy500 wrote:I don't find the seats comfy enough for a longer distance trip.

i agree was on a 450 from portsmouth back to my home town basingstoke, the seats are not comfy at all for long journeys at least the 444's have tables to lean on