Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 89474
South Western Railway: Rolling Stock
Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025
Question
Ruth Cadbury
Labour — Brentford and Isleworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates South Western Railway plans to retire its fleet of Class 455 electric multiple units; and what plans it has to maintain current levels of passenger capacity on their retirement.
Answer
Keir MatherSouthwestern Railway is planning to retire the Class 455 fleet by the end of December 2025. The Arterio fleet introduction programme will fully occupy all of the previously formed Class 455 diagrams. Since May the number of new trains in service has quadr...
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