New look Southern trains

The refresh of the exterior and interior of the train includes a deep clean, new carpets and seat covers, interior paint repairs, and graffiti resistant panels.

Fleet Manager with the train operator, John Killeen said: “With around a million miles under its belt, each train becomes rather tired inside, so this refresh is breathing new life into these 10-year old trains and we’re delighted that we’ve reached the milestone of the 100th refreshed train.

“The project is being delivered on plan and within budget, which is good news for our passengers who are enjoying trains that are now as good as new.”

All 700 carriages will have been completely refreshed by January 2015, having done around a million miles each.

By the time all the carriages are refreshed, enough new carpet will have been laid to stretch between Brighton and Gatwick Airport. Enough Brush matting will have been laid to carpet the whole of the Victoria Station concourse.

Twelve miles of anti-graffiti materials will have been used as well as 10,000 litres of paint.