Date: 02/09/2019

Newly-refurbished trains have been withdrawn from service over fears they wrongly turn signals yellow or red. The 30-year-old Class 442 trains were reintroduced by South Western Railway (SWR) in June after a £45m upgrade. The firm said they had been taken out of service as a precaution due to an issue involving line-side signals.

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The trains reintroduced to service in June are suspected of turning signals yellow or red.