Two trains will run the trip on Sunday 21st December, and after leaving Waterloo, they will diverge from the mainline just before Putney to run over the District line tracks to Wimbledon, where they will rejoin the mainline. That means fans of the unusual can see an SWR-branded train passing through East Putney, Southfield, and Wimbledon Park tube stations - and at a sensible hour as well.
South Western Railway (SWR) is bidding farewell to its red-liveried Class 455 trains, and there will be a special farewell tour in December. The Class 455 trains were built by British Rail Engineering between 1982-85 and have been in service on the SWR routes since March 1983, making them among the oldest trains still in use on the UK railway.
Journey have announced a farewell tour beginning with an extensive 60-show first leg in North America that will take up most of the first half of 2026. Appropriately, the outing has been dubbed the "Final Frontier Tour." The long goodbye begins February 28th in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and currently runs all the way through a July 2nd show in Laredo, Texas. The outing includes stops in Pittsburgh, Montreal, Memphis, Lexington, Kansas City, Austin, Tampa, Atlantic City, Knoxville, Buffalo, Cincinnati, and dozens more cities.
Hello, this is David speaking. A few people have insinuated that like some other bands who, in the fashion of the great Larry David, quit with bells, whistles (and blood raining from a lacerating sky) only to return within a few years as if nothing had happened, Refused would do the same. Well, we won't, and i feel the need to elucidate.
