Talk:British Rail Class 159

message: The rebuild consisted of the fitment of First Class accommodation, installing retention toilets and other modifications.
I would be interested to know what these other modifications were, and also what "fitment of First Class accommodation" entailed, as the Class 158 units I've seen already have First Class accommodation (and I'm pretty sure they've always had it).
Was it a case of installing more First Class accommodation, or better First Class accommodation than what was provided on the 158s?
It would also be interesting to know why retention toilets were fitted to the 159s, whereas they were not retrofitted to the 158s. Was this due to the use of a third rail supply in some areas (where I could envisage flushing directly onto the track might cause some interesting problems!) or was it for some other reason?
I suppose the key question is why they felt a need to create a new class, instead of just operating Class 158s. Why were Class 158s considered inadequate for the purpose? The units were going spare anyway, why couldn't they just use them as is? The article doesn't really address this. 217.155.20.163 22:30, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  158 versus 159 

message: Requesting references for basic data in the article. Also more info on BR operations (are the the current operations the same as those in the past -if so please say in article)
Also parts of article require clarification.Carrolljon (talk) 12:01, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: References etc

message: The Class 159 was never known by British Rail Network SouthEast or by railway enthusiasts as 'South Western Turbo'. The Class 159 has always been and will always be known as 'Wessex Turbo'. This is a well known FACT. Even South West Trains refer to the Class 159 as 'Wessex Turbo'.
Please do NOT alter the title.
--Peter Skuce (talk) 15:54, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Class 159 Brand Name

message: I've removed this section until we can get some references for it. Am also not sure if this really belongs on the 159 page, would it be better on the SWT page if combined with the rest of their fleet.
===Cleaning and Servicing===
Most of South West Trains’ Class 159s return to Salisbury TMD every night for cleaning (some are serviced there, others at Fratton TMD) excluding two units that remain at  (New Yard) overnight with a crew to form the first trains of the next day.
The Class 159s are on a rolling programme of carpet upholstery cleaning every six months at Wimbledon TMD depot.--Enotayokel (talk) 09:09, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed section 

message: Hi. Just to let you know, the Commons category for Class 159s is now completely sorted by operator and livery. -mattbuck (Talk) 17:41, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Commons images

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message: The current photo represents a class 158, therefore i'm changing it to a class 159.SageWater (talk) 10:00, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  The current photo