Arterio Updates

Latest news on the rollout of South Western Railway's new Arterio fleet.

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🚉 All About The Arterios
In 2024, SWR will begin to rollout its new flagship fleet of trains, the Arterios, to replace the aging existing fleet operating on their Suburban network. These cutting edge trains will transform the passenger experience for all.
👇 Learn More Below

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@LordOrk @AvantiWestCoast Nice to see something positive :)

The railway might have its fair share of problems, which you do an excellent job of highlighting, but it’s good to also celebrate those times when everything goes as it should.

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@swtrains_watch @Adam_Orriss @SW_Help @Heidi_Labour Not enough water tank refill infrastructure:
https://t.co/drkOhPs4TP

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🚾 Toilets are often out of order, which is due to the new bioreactor tanks allowing significantly more usage before filling and then locking compared to the legacy fleet, causing them to run out of water before reaching a refill point.

Sources say this is being worked on.

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@markfagan Was going to add this to the list here but ran out of space. It’s included in the “etc”.
https://t.co/uxiMEnP8Ib

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ℹ️ Interior information screens can be slow and faulty, such as stuttering scrolling text and instances of the screen freezing on white.

Quality control is also suboptimal; announcements playing twice, unnecessarily shortened station names etc.

Overall, an unoptimised package.

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📰 SWR Arterio units have provided a significant transformation, however, in order for them to reach their full potential for passengers, work needs to be done to make strategic improvements to both overall uptime and the quality of passenger facing features. 👇

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@swtrains_watch @SW_Help Thank you for promoting the thread.

Just to clarify, the 10 car variant of the Arterio is expected to finish entering service during the summer, however the 5 car variant will be entering service at the end of the summer, and then should all be in by the end of the year.

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⚠️ This is also an important reminder that we are not associated with SWR or the DfT, nor with any stakeholders in the Arterio project.

Although we are strong believers in the benefits of this programme, it’s important to point out issues like these where appropriate.

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We would like to acknowledge @swtrains_watch for helping to platform many of these issues that commuters have been raising, either through replying to their comments or publishing statistics.

This has helped to raise many of these problems to our attention.

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Marking one year since @SW_Help entered public ownership, one of our Class 701 Aventra trains has been wrapped in the new GBR livery!

No. 701006 is the 45th Derby-built Aventra to enter passenger service on the South Western network.

Read more 👉 https://t.co/XNQT4gYvir

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As things heat up, remember to bring water and stay hydrated.

If you feel unwell on board, please speak to our team — we’re here to help.

And if you’re travelling on one of our Aterio trains today, enjoy the cool air con breeze.

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@AngryTedRoach @Heidi_Labour @LilianGreenwood These are metro units; walk-through carriages are required to maximise capacity.

[Alex Hynes @AlexHynes]

Good morning from Vauxhall! Great to see so many Arterio trains in service now. These brand-new, air conditioned trains should really help us this bank holiday weekend, alongside all the extra seats they offer to customers. #shinynewtrain

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@swtrains_watch @Lizevanslondon @SW_Help There’s a blind that can be pulled down on the units (electronically or manually) like on all rolling stock.

Sometimes drivers don’t use them when approaching stations because they need a full view of the platform ahead.