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Two four coach South West Trains EMUs, Class 458 headed by 8030 arriving at Bracknell from Waterloo heading to Reading. All 30 sets of this class are allocated to East Wimbledon and the units operate on the Waterloo-Guildford/Alton and Reading lines. 8030 is the very last set to be built and all sets are painted in the latest South West Trains livery. The front of the Class 458s incorporates a door to enable communication between units. This requirement has meant curious design of the front end with very cramped driving position and restricted vision. Photographed 1st February 2007. © Adrian D. Smith. Plymouth, England.

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Class 458s have been the least successful of the new EMUs and in theory were all down for withdrawal by the end of June 2006 when this one was pictured in SW London. They still seem to turn up on the occasional service train thought but will require some modifications to their internal electronic information display at least...which is below the minimum agreed size...if they are to make a full return. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.

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Units 8019 and 159009 are seen at London Waterloo on 19/02/04. (c) 2004 Robert Volland.

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458021 at Clapham Junction station on Wednesday, 13th May, 2015. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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South West Trains Class 458 EMU 458028 heads north through Vauxhall station with a non-stopping service to London Waterloo. Photo by Chris McKenna 18/09/2006. Larger, higher quality copies of my photos are available, click here for details. If you wish to use this, or any other of my photographs, under a different license see my relicensing policy. Feedback on my pictures is always welcome.

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South West Trains Class 458 EMU 458028 and another unidentified Class 458 unit head south through Vauxhall station with a non-stopping service from London Waterloo. A Waterloo-bound Class 450 unit can be seen in the background. Photo by Chris McKenna 18/09/2006. Larger, higher quality copies of my photos are available, click here for details. If you wish to use this, or any other of my photographs, under a different license see my relicensing policy. Feedback on my pictures is always welcome.

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South West Trains Class 458 EMU 458029 heads north through Vauxhall station with a non-stopping service to London Waterloo. Photo by Chris McKenna 18/09/2006. Larger, higher quality copies of my photos are available, click here for details. If you wish to use this, or any other of my photographs, under a different license see my relicensing policy. Feedback on my pictures is always welcome.

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458532 at Clapham Junction station on Wednesday, 13th May, 2015. Photo by Andrew Reid.

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Class 458 unit just about to depart from Waterloo, London. 28th November, 2004. Photo by Matti Tanttari

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Juniper Class 458 of South West Trains, seen at London-Waterloo, upon turnaround. These units have been running on London Waterloo-Reading since 2000. While they have retractable gangways at each end, these are now seldom used. 07th December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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First-class interiors of a Juniper Class 458 of South West Trains, seen at London-Waterloo, upon turnaround. These units have been running on London Waterloo-Reading since 2000. Facing seats. These are Compin seats, of the same type which you can find on Electrostars 375s and 377s of South Central and (ex-Connex) South Eastern Trains, as well as on Desiro Class 450s of South West Trains. Such seats are also fitted on various TER stock types of SNCF in France. 07th December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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First-class interiors of a Juniper Class 458 of South West Trains, seen at London-Waterloo, upon turnaround. These units have been running on London Waterloo-Reading since 2000. Airline-style seats, with a fairly good amount of legroom. These are Compin seats, of the same type which you can find on Electrostars 375s and 377s of South Central and (ex-Connex) South Eastern Trains, as well as on Desiro Class 450s of South West Trains. Such seats are also fitted on various TER stock types of SNCF in France. 07th December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Standard-class interiors of a Juniper Class 458 of South West Trains, seen at London-Waterloo, upon turnaround. These units have been running on London Waterloo-Reading since 2000. 07th December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Standard-class interiors of a Juniper Class 458 of South West Trains, seen at London-Waterloo, upon turnaround. These units have been running on London Waterloo-Reading since 2000. 07th December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Standard-class interiors of a Juniper Class 458 of South West Trains, seen at London-Waterloo, upon turnaround. These units have been running on London Waterloo-Reading since 2000. Airline-style seats, with a fairly good amount of legroom. 07th December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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458 8027 southwest Trains EMU photographed at Clapham Junction on 30/06/12 Photo John Turner E-mal johnturner16@yahoo.co.uk

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The First Class sign and button on a class 458. Fred Fred@driveeasy.plus.com www.trainpictures.fotopic.net

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Lighting on a class 458 (headlights). Fred Fred@driveeasy.plus.com www.trainpictures.fotopic.net

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Close up detail of Class 458 at Basingstoke. April 2002. All pictures taken on Kodak DC260 digital camera with copyright being retained by author who can be contacted via ecml@yahoo.co.uk

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Class 458 seen at Basingstoke April 2002. All pictures taken on Kodak DC260 digital camera with copyright being retained by author who can be contacted via ecml@yahoo.co.uk

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Class 458 unit entering Clapham Junction on the Windsor side of the station on a Waterloo to Reading working, 02 August 2003. Copyright belongs to author. Photograph taken on Canon EOS10/

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Class 458 Juniper unit seen at Staines station on a Reading - London Waterloo working. Copyright belongs to Andrew Ducker who can be contacted at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All photographs taken on Nikon M5000 at maximum and files converted from TIFF files to JPEG using Photo Shop Paint V7. All photographs taken on 22 February 2003.

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Class 458 seen leaving Staines Station towards London. Copyright belongs to Andrew Ducker who can be contacted at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All photographs taken on Nikon M5000 at maximum and files converted from TIFF files to JPEG using Photo Shop Paint V7. All photographs taken on 22 February 2003.

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Class 458 Juniper unit approaching Sunningdale station. I am proud of this shot and made the early start worth it. The dead straight line is ideal for a telephoto shot to add action. Copyright belongs to Andrew Ducker who can be contacted at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All photographs taken on Nikon M5000 at maximum and files converted from TIFF files to JPEG using Photo Shop Paint V7. All photographs taken on 22 February 2003.

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Slowly the Class 458 Juniper units are entering service, primarily between London and Alton via Woking. This unit was pictured at Basingstoke on test runs between Basingstoke and the west. It was originally envisaged that these units would work the London - Basingstoke semi-fasts, if this occurs waits to be seen. Alsthom have had a lot of problems getting these 'Juniper' units into service Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker. Email address ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All pictures take by me on a Kodak DC260 Digital Camera, and slightly processed using Paint Shop Pro 5

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Class 458 approaches Sunningdale on 22nd February 2003. This photograph has been cropped from the original file to illustrate the 'proxy' zoom facilty argued by Nikon not to put include a high zoom on the model (the latest version does have an adequate zoom). As you can see because of the large size of the original (the file comes in at around 14MB) the photo can indeed be zoomed wihtout loss of quality. Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted on apducker@apdcuker.demon.co.uk. Photograph wqas taken on Nikon Coolpix M5000. Photo coverted from TIFF file to JPG via Photo Shop V7.

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Another shunting movement from Clapham Junction, to either Wimbledon or Staines on 02 August 2003. Copyright belongs to author. Photograph taken on Canon EOS10/

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CLass 458 Juniper unit seen on the Windsor side of Clapham Junction. Copyright belongs to A P Ducker. Photographs taken on Nikon M5000 Digital Camera and processed using PhotoPaint V7.

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Class 458 unit seen at Clapham Junction on 23 May 2001, these units are still not in full service after a delay of nearly two years, I believe only three units are working. Photo taken on Kodak DC260, copyright belongs to author. email@ ecml@yahoo.co.uk

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South West Trains EMUs Class 458 458002 and Class 450 450075 at platforms 17 and 16 respectively of London Waterloo station. Althoguh both units have the headlights set for their next journeys, the destination indicators haven't yet been updated. Photo by Chris McKenna 01-05-2005

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South West Trains Class 458 EMU 458010 at London Waterloo Station. Photo by Chris McKenna 01-05-2005

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Class 458 (Juniper) EMU 458 8015 (Southwest Trains) ready for departure from Richmond station (London) on March 03 2003. Photo: Burkhard Jahnen, Germany

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Waterloo, Friday morning, 13th May 2005. Class 421 4-CIG unit no. 1316 waits at the rear of a 12-car slamdoor formation about to depart empty from Platform 14. Class 458 Juniper unit no. 8027 stands alongside in Platform 15. Photo by Mark Ziemba, scan by Fuji.

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South West Trains EMUs 450094 and 458010 at London Waterloo station. Photo by Chris McKenna 01-05-2005

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A picture that tells a story. When SWT became to first TOC to order new trains the Class 458 order was seen as a precursor to a larger order replacing Slam Door stock, the 400 series of EMU's. Due to technical difficulties it has been announced that in 2005 the CLass 458 Juniper units will be returned to owners. To replace the 400 series SWT ordered the Desiro unit - this picture was taken at Clapham Junction in early February 2004. Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. Pictures taken on Canon EOS10D Digital SLR.