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2 WAYS TO SEND RAIL YOUR VIEWS & OPINIONS WRITE TO US: RAIL, Bauer Media, Media House, Lynchwood, Peterborough Business Park, Peterborough PE2 6EA. EMAIL US: rail@bauermedia.co.uk ROLLING STOCK SWR Class 444 EMUs unable to handle cruise traffic I often travel between Poole and London Waterloo on the Waterloo-Weymouth line via Southampton Central (engineering works permitting, Southampton Central having been closed for two weekends running recently). Southampton is a cruise ship terminal with sometimes four or more ships in port at a time, each with over 5,000 passengers. South Western Railway runs commuter-type Class 444 and ‘445’ electric multiple units (EMUs) to and from London. The design of these trains means that they have limited space for heavy luggage. During cruise weekends, this results in very large bulky suitcases and…

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