Farewell to SWT

摘要

DURING August, the operator of the South West Trains franchise was changed, renamed and rebranded. Stagecoach Group's SWT was the first of the franchised railways to begin operation under the Conservative's rail Privatisation plan. Their first train ran on February 4,1996, and during its 21-year tenure of the franchise, SWT embarked on an ambitious programme of new and refurbished trains, station and other passenger enhancements, opening up new services and introducing some striking liveries — plus reusing Waterloo International for domestic services after it lay abandoned for a decade.