South Western Railway has unveiled its new trainbow train to mark the start of Pride month.
The new ‘trainbow’ is a Class 444 train, No. 444019, wrapped in a rainbow livery, which began running between London Waterloo / Bournemouth / Portsmouth Harbour yesterday.
Every June is Pride month, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community from across the world. Whilst many of the Pride events have been cancelled due to the coronavirus, smaller and virtual celebrations are still set to take place.
Have you seen the Trainbow liveried Class 444 yet? Let us know in the comments below.
Commenting, Glen Willie, Inclusion and Diversity Manager for South Western Railway, said: “South Western Railway is wholly committed to celebrating diversity and supporting equality. We firmly believe that diversity is a strength, not a weakness, and we are incredibly proud of our many brilliant LGBTQ+ colleagues. Our new ‘trainbow’ is just a small contribution to this month’s celebrations – even if they are set to be a little different to previous years!”
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We’re in the middle of a global pandemic. People are dying and the country is facing economic ruin on a scale which our children and grandchildren will struggle to deal with, but all these numpties can think about is pretentious virtue signalling to ingratiate themselves with a small but vocal minority who probably won’t notice anyway.
Pathetic.
Class 444 “444019” looks amazing in a rainbow livery. What about applying it on a Class 450 and Class 158. With South Western Railway to replace the Class 455, Class 456 and Class 707 once the Class 701 have been delivered and entered service is probably next year.
And there was me thinking it was for a thank you for key workers. Sigh.