South Western Railway has announced that the train for SafeWise has had a makeover.
The train now sports a brand-new livery at the Bournemouth learning village – in South Western Railway colours.
SafeWise provides skills for life for people of all ages at its learning villages in Bournemouth and Weymouth. It plans to open a new village in Swindon, in 2020.
SafeWise is continuously updating its scenes to make them as real as possible. The charity's Partnership Manager, Diana Newbury, was mindful that the train used to teach visitors about railway safety in its Bournemouth village was in the colours of a train company no longer relevant to the town.
Diana contacted SWR to see if it was possible to vinyl-wrap the train in new SWR colours, and now a very smart looking train continues to help SafeWise.
The new train wrap came just in time for the SafeWise 20-year anniversary celebrations held at its Bournemouth centre earlier this week.
What did the officials say?
South Western Railway's Community Rail Manager, Andy Harrowell, said:
“The work that SafeWise does for its local communities is outstanding, so when they asked us if we could update their train with our new livery, we jumped at the chance.
“Keeping people safe while they use the railway is our number one priority, so adding even more realism to what is already a superb facility can only help us all to achieve that goal.
“We are so impressed by the work SafeWise does in helping people to stay safe and develop life skills, we're now exploring the possibility of working with them on future initiatives.”
SafeWise Partnership Manager, Diana Newbury, said:
“SafeWise is extremely grateful to South Western Railway for re-wrapping the train and bringing it up to date. The train is a vital part of our new Junior Citizens Skills for Life programmes which include journey planning and rail safety. Having the local operator's livery enhances the realistic experience for our visitors.”
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South Western Railway are taking their time on applying their new livery onto their Class 158, Class 444, Class 450 and Class 442. Plus with Class 701 to be built that will have the new livery. Whilst SWR are replacing the Class 455, Class 456, Class 458 and Class 707 that will either be cascaded elsewhere or to be sent for storage. With the Class 455 and Class 456 that are likely to be sent for scrap.
The SWR units that are already got the new livery are:
158890
159005
444040
450111