The History of South West Trains: Episode Two - The Latter Years. | Failed Franchises #31 SWT Finale

Hello & welcome to the 31st Failed Franchise episode. Today I will be looking at South West Trains and their history from 2007 until 2017 - but should this operators be deemed as a failure? That's what I'll be trying to answer in this final episode on South West Trains. Watch Part One now:    • The History of South West Trains: Episode ...   Thanks for watching, you can support me below: Patreon:   / vanmanyo   YouTube membership:    / @vanmanyo   All your support is hugely appreciated, thank you. Full Failed Franchises playlist:    • Failed Franchises/Franchise Videos   Any content featured in this video has been accredited to the correct author, where possible, with permission. However, I may sometimes mistakenly miscredit content (or label it as 'unknown' if I can't find the author), so please let me know if I have got credits wrong for authors of content featured in this video. A huge thanks to those who have allowed me to use their footage for todays video - whom without this video would not be possible to make; Public Transport UK | Catch One Today:    / @video47   SimOnTrains:    / @sim0ntrains   Trainline5000:    / @trainline5000   TurboFintan:    / @turbofintan   Any views mentioned in this video are of my opinion and my opinion only. I am impartial and will never be swayed by a company to not tell the truth, however will sometimes speak from my own viewpoint. I always attempt to use sources that are from sites that I personally trust; BBC, Sky News etc. and I will always attempt to portray the whole picture of the subject in my videos. If you feel I haven't, or if I've mistakenly missed something - do let me know in the comments, on my Discord or my Twitter/Instagram & I'll be sure to look into it! Thanks for watching! References (including accredited sources): Wikipedia BBC Bournemouth Echo Department for Transport GlobalRailwayReview Modern Railways Network Rail Project Mapping RAIL RailTalk RailTechnologyMagazine RailUK Siemens Southern Electric Group South West Trains website (via web.archive.org) The Guardian The Independent Part One thumbnail image credit: TheJRB, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., via Wikimedia Commons Thumbnail image credit: Joshua Brown (with cropping, alignment, and exposure alterations by XAM2175), CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... via Wikimedia Commons Thanks to    / @aautismo   for the membership icons! SUBSCRIBE -    / @vanmanyo   SECOND CHANNEL:    / @vanmanyo2   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vanmanyo.bsk... X-   / vanmanyo1   Discord server link (join for free!) -   / discord   Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com/