The British Rail Class 458 Juniper (4-JOP later 5-JUP) is a class of electric multiple-unit passenger trains of the Alstom Coradia Juniper family, built at Washwood Heath between 1998 and 2002 for South West Trains. [10]

The British Rail Class 458 Juniper is an electric multiple-unit manufactured by Alstom, in use on Stepford Connect. These trains are formed of 4 (458/0) or 5 (458/5) coaches, and cost 1,500 points.

The Class 458/4 and Class458/5 Coradia Juniper trains are four and five-carriage trains developed from our previous four-carriage Class 458 trains. The five-car 458/5 fleet features additional carriages donated from the Class 460 fleet operated by Gatwick Express. You'll commonly find them on routes between: London Waterloo and Reading

Class 458/0 Juniper before conversion into 458/5. The Class 458 Juniper (also known as 5JUP) is operated by South Western Railway on services from London Waterloo to Reading, Weybridge, Windsor & Eton Riverside, and circular metro routes from Waterloo via Richmond and Hounslow.

The introduction to service of Class 458/5 units can be described as "measured". At the time of writing only four units, 458531, 458533, 458534 and 458535 have been sighted carrying passengers. This page records 458/5s earning their keeps in their early days.

The South Western Railway Class 458 (or 4JOP) electrical multiple units were built by Alstom at Washwood Heath between 1998 and 2000. These units are part of Alstom's Juniper family of units, which also includes Classes 334 and 460

SOUTH Western Railway has introduced the first of its refurbished Class 458 trains today, Monday 24 June. Units 458415, 458420 and 458422 will initially be used to operate eight-car services between London Waterloo and Weybridge via …

2024年5月16日 · Class 458 5-JOP The Class 458 4-JOP (Juniper Outer-suburban Porterbrook) was built for South West Trains in the late 1990s to replace some Class 411 s. Although they were designed for the 750v DC third rail network they were "future proofed" with provision to support a pantograph and overhead electric collection, though have not carried one yet ...

Formed with converted class 460 vehicles.

28 June 2024 – South Western Railway (SWR) has introduced the first of its Alstom refurbished Class 458 on its UK network. Units 458415, 458420 and 458422 – all in their updated SWR livery – will initially be used to operate eight-car services between London Waterloo and Weybridge via Brentford, and London Waterloo and Twickenham.