The History of South West Trains: Episode Two - The Latter Years. | Failed Franchises #31 SWT Finale

Hello & welcome to the 31st Failed Franchise episode. Today I will be looking at South West Trains and their history from 2007 until 2017 - but should this operators be deemed as a failure? That's what I'll be trying to answer in this final episode on South West Trains.

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References (including accredited sources):
Wikipedia
BBC
Bournemouth Echo
Department for Transport
GlobalRailwayReview
Modern Railways
Network Rail
Project Mapping
RAIL
RailTalk
RailTechnologyMagazine
RailUK
Siemens
Southern Electric Group
South West Trains website (via web.archive.org)
The Guardian
The Independent

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