A look inside South Western Railway’s new Arterio trains

They are, it can be politely said, to be a bit late in arriving, but last week there was a chance to see inside South Western Railway’s new Arterio class of trains.The trains are officially the British Rail Class 701 Aventra supplied by Alstom, and were ordered in 2017 with the first expected to go into public service in the middle of 2019. However, there’s been a lot of problems getting them approved for use with South Western Railway, and the first trains are now expected to go int