Currently South Western Railway operates Class 158s from Exeter St Davids to Waterloo and on the Salisbury to Romsey via Southampton Central service.
South Western Railway also operates Class 159 units, converted from Class 158 units during the Network SouthEast years.
One of the South West Trains units, number 158889, has been permanently transferred to sister Stagecoach company, East Midlands Trains, and their original pair of 158s were transferred permanently to Abellio ScotRail.
South Western Railway operates Class 158s 158880-888 and 890.
158885 was fitted with a ZF fuel saving transmission instead of the usual Voith T211rz or T211rzz hydraulic, but this was ultimately unsuccessful and the unit had reverted to the original arrangement by March 2017.
Originally brought in to replace South West Trains class 170 fleet, SWT's class 158s saw a brief use on the former Reading to Brighton service, before the service was truncated at both ends within the new South Western franchise of 2007.
Currently South Western Railway operates Class 158s from Exeter St Davids to Waterloo and on the Salisbury to Romsey via Southampton Central service. South Western Railway also operates Class 159 units, converted from Class 158 units during the Network SouthEast years. One of the South West Trains units, number 158889, has been permanently transferred to sister Stagecoach company, East Midlands Trains, and their original pair of 158s were transferred permanently to Abellio ScotRail. South Western Railway operates Class 158s 158880-888 and 890. 158885 was fitted with a ZF fuel saving transmission instead of the usual Voith T211rz or T211rzz hydraulic, but this was ultimately unsuccessful and the unit had reverted to the original arrangement by March 2017. Originally brought in to replace South West Trains class 170 fleet, SWT's class 158s saw a brief use on the former Reading to Brighton service, before the service was truncated at both ends within the new South Western franchise of 2007.
British Rail Class 158