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Operating over 1,500 services each weekday, SWR provides commuter, regional and long distance services to customers in South West London, the southern counties of England and the Isle of Wight. As well as commuters and business travellers, SWR transports leisure travellers across the region, to many tourist and heritage sites, and the numerous major sporting and social events that take place along the route every year. SWR provides easy and convenient mobility, improving quality of life by connecting people and communities. Visit southwesternrailway.com and follow us on X (formerly Twitter) @SW_Help for the latest information About DFTO DFTO is the government’s public sector rail owning group. Its purpose is to bring all currently privately-owned train operators into public ownership in advance of the creation of Great British Railways in 2027. The group’s current train operating companies are: LNER, Northern, Southeastern, TransPennine Express and SWR. It has over 23,000 employees. DFTO runs over 6,000 services a day and delivers over 450 million customer journeys across its networks every year. This accounts for 26% of total UK passenger journeys and 30% of passenger miles.

Trainline is proud to be Europe's leading rail and coach platform - a tech company with a mission to make train travel as smooth as possible to allow travellers to make greener travel choices. We bring together millions of routes, fares and journey times from more than 270 rail and coach carriers across 45 countries in Europe and beyond. That's £6.3 billion in ticket sales annually, and +125 million visits to our apps and websites each month from users seamlessly booking and managing their journeys through our website or mobile app and via our B2B partner channels. We offer our customers the best price for their journey and smart, real-time travel information on the go. Our smart technology and data-driven features help our customers to stay one step ahead. We aim to make rail and coach travel easier and more accessible. The environment is fundamental to our purpose - through our technology, and data, we make rail travel easier, inspiring people to make travel choices that are better for the environment.

As one of the largest train companies in Britain, more than 100 million customers a year join us on board. When the Great Western Railway was built, it opened the West and Wales to trade and tourism. And now, along with our partners at Network Rail, we’re proud to have the chance to look after your railway. As well as electrifying our main routes, and upgrading key stations, we have carried out the biggest upgrade of trains in the country. But GWR isn’t just about new signs, uniforms, or even the colour of our trains. It’s about being different. With every smile we give, every bag we carry, and every snack we serve, we want your journey with us to be the best it can be.