South Western Railway is now Nationalised! | The last day of First MTR SWR

Hello! In today's video I delve into the nationalisation of South Western Railway which was finalised on Sunday the 25 May 2025. I look briefly into the background of SWR's nationalisation and the new Great British Railways (GBR) body, and what the future may hold. For most of the video, I explore the SWR network for one final time on Saturday the 24 May before it is nationalised. So, join me as I travel across the SWR network on the last day of First MTR South Western Railway! I hope you enjoy this different type of video today, please consider liking, subscribing and joining the channel if you did enjoy! Special thanks to Hugh Hillier from the @thetflthree for joining me for part of the video explaining his thoughts on SWR's nationalisation! Do check out this video from Michael (Network News) explaining a bit more about SWR's nationalisation: https://youtu.be/3WTOAoILbbE And watch my whole series on South West operators: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF06LywT25LYJ5ZjG1BOQzOLkByD7_bMd Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/vanmanyo YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcqdWB_q4Q52h26dQcChKsQ/join All your support is hugely appreciated, thank you. 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. 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! Thanks to https://www.youtube.com/@aautismo for the membership icons! SUBSCRIBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcqdWB_q4Q52h26dQcChKsQ SECOND CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOx87HEbY4zCXGOcVGPjXwQ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vanmanyo.bsky.social X- https://twitter.com/Vanmanyo1 Discord server link (join for free!) - https://discord.gg/QYpCgBZ Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com/