A farewell event for commuter trains being phased out has raised more than £45,000 for three charities.
South West Railway’s (SWR) red Class 455 fleet has been in service for 42 years and is being replaced by new Arterio trains.
Tickets for the event, which took place on 21 December and saw two Class 455s run through places including Guildford and Epsom, sold out in 15 seconds, SWR said previously.
Originally scheduled to involve one train, “unprecedented demand” for the event led SWR and the Branch Line Society to add a second train for “hundreds of excited enthusiasts”, it said.