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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/483006_Interior.jpg/450px-483006_Interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/483006_Interior.jpg/600px-483006_Interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2332" data-file-height="1773" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The refurbished interior of an Island Line Class 483 EMU.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">In service</th><td class="infobox-data">1938–1988 on <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a> (as <a href="/wiki/London_Underground_1938_Stock" title="London Underground 1938 Stock">1938 stock</a>) <br />1989–2021 on <a href="/wiki/Island_Line,_Isle_of_Wight" title="Island Line, Isle of Wight">Island Line</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data brand"><a href="/wiki/Metro-Cammell" title="Metro-Cammell">Metro-Cammell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Family name</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_tube_trains" title="British Rail tube trains">Tube</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Replaced</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_485_and_486" title="British Rail Classes 485 and 486">British Rail Classes 485 and 486</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_484" title="British Rail Class 484">British Rail Class 484</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">2 cars per trainset</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capacity</th><td class="infobox-data">84 seats (2 car set)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operators</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Island_Line_(brand)" title="Island Line (brand)">Island Line</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Depots</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ryde_Traincare_Depot" title="Ryde Traincare Depot">Ryde depot</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #000000; background-color:#eee;">Specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Car length</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>52 ft <span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in (15.94 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maximum speed</th><td class="infobox-data">45 mph (72 km/h)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weight</th><td class="infobox-data">55 t (54 long tons; 61 short tons) each 2 car set.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Power output</th><td class="infobox-data">500 kW (670 hp) total power per 2 car set.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Railway_electrification" title="Railway electrification">Electric system(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">660 <a href="/wiki/Volt" title="Volt">V</a> <a href="/wiki/Direct_current" title="Direct current">DC</a> <a href="/wiki/3rd_rail" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd rail">3rd rail</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Current_collector" title="Current collector">Current collector(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Contact_shoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Contact shoe">Contact shoe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Multiple_working" title="Multiple working">Multiple working</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Within class</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Track gauge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>British Rail Class 483</b> <a href="/wiki/Electric_multiple_unit" title="Electric multiple unit">electric multiple units</a> were originally built as <a href="/wiki/London_Underground_1938_Stock" title="London Underground 1938 Stock">1938 tube stock</a> units for <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a>. They were extensively refurbished between 1989 and 1992 by <a href="/wiki/Eastleigh_Works" title="Eastleigh Works">Eastleigh Works</a>, for use on services on the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight" title="Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Island_Line,_Isle_of_Wight" title="Island Line, Isle of Wight">Island Line</a>. This was despite having already been used for nearly 50 years on the London Underground network. The units replaced the even older and life-expired <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_485_and_486" title="British Rail Classes 485 and 486">British Rail Classes 485 and 486</a> units which were introduced in 1967, but were originally built as <a href="/wiki/London_Underground_Standard_Stock" title="London Underground Standard Stock">'Standard' stock</a> units for the <a href="/wiki/Underground_Electric_Railways_Company_of_London" title="Underground Electric Railways Company of London">London Electric Railway</a> in 1923. </p><p>The 483s were 83 years old when they were withdrawn in January 2021; they were the oldest passenger trains in Great Britain in regular passenger <a href="/wiki/Service_life" title="Service life">service</a> at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That honour was passed to the <a href="/wiki/London_Underground_1972_Stock" title="London Underground 1972 Stock">London Underground 1972 Stock</a> trains that are still in service on the <a href="/wiki/Bakerloo_line" title="Bakerloo line">Bakerloo line</a> at <span class="currentage"></span>52 years old. The 483s were withdrawn on 3 January 2021, with the line closed from 4 January until 1 November 2021 for upgrade works, after which they were replaced by five two-car <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_484" title="British Rail Class 484">Class 484s</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbcreop_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcreop-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the six units present on the Island at the time of their withdrawal, all have been confirmed for preservation. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Rail_Class_483&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prior_to_Isle_of_Wight_service">Prior to Isle of Wight service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Rail_Class_483&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Prior to Isle of Wight service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The trains were originally built by <a href="/wiki/Metro-Cammell" title="Metro-Cammell">Metro-Cammell</a> as 1938 tube stock for <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a>. An initial batch was withdrawn from service in 1973, and they were considered for use on the Island Line (which would not bear that name for another 16 years). However, the under-floor equipment was thought to be a problem, as extensive adaptations would be needed to Ryde Works to allow fitters to access it. It was also felt that the under-floor equipment would be vulnerable to salt water damage on <a href="/wiki/Ryde_Pier" title="Ryde Pier">Ryde Pier</a>, especially in bad weather.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200338_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200338-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The last batch of 1938 stock was withdrawn in London in 1985, except for five trains required on the <a href="/wiki/Northern_line" title="Northern line">Northern line</a> between 1986 and May 1988 due to increasing passenger numbers. In 1987, <a href="/wiki/Network_SouthEast" title="Network SouthEast">Network SouthEast</a> (NSE) managers realised that the existing 1923-built <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_485" class="mw-redirect" title="British Rail Class 485">Class 485</a> trains on the Isle of Wight would not be economically serviceable beyond around 1990 and thoughts turned to the future of the line. After closure of the route was discounted, it was decided to purchase and refurbish 1938 stock.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200360_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200360-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 1988, <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a> offered a total of 28 carriages in revenue-earning condition to NSE, joined by three further carriages in May 1989. In addition, between May 1988 and October 1990, four scrap vehicles and nine works vehicles, to be used for spare parts, were taken from LU's <a href="/wiki/Ruislip_depot" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruislip depot">Ruislip depot</a>. While the project's feasibility study suggested that three-car units would be preferred, it was thought that the alterations required to <a href="/wiki/Ryde_depot" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryde depot">Ryde depot</a> would be both difficult and expensive. It was instead decided that two-car units would be used, using a maximum of six coaches in any train formation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200362_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200362-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the 31 coaches available, 20 were selected for use on the island. These were extensively refurbished between 1989 and 1992 by <a href="/wiki/Eastleigh_Works" title="Eastleigh Works">Eastleigh Works</a> to ready them for service on the line. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Rail_Class_483_-_door_open_buttons.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/British_Rail_Class_483_-_door_open_buttons.jpg/220px-British_Rail_Class_483_-_door_open_buttons.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/British_Rail_Class_483_-_door_open_buttons.jpg/330px-British_Rail_Class_483_-_door_open_buttons.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/British_Rail_Class_483_-_door_open_buttons.jpg/440px-British_Rail_Class_483_-_door_open_buttons.jpg 2x" data-file-width="657" data-file-height="483" /></a><figcaption>Interior (left) and exterior (right) door open/close buttons retro-fitted to the BR Class 483 units.</figcaption></figure> <p>As well as cosmetic and structural work, significant electrical works were required both to replace dilapidated wiring, and to allow the trains to work from the line's <a href="/wiki/Third_rail" title="Third rail">third rail</a> electrical supply.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200364–65_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200364–65-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eight two-car units were initially refurbished between 1989 and 1990. These units were numbered 483001-008, although only the final three digits were carried on the cab ends. Units were painted in the new Network SouthEast livery, of blue with red and white stripes. The first unit was tested on the <a href="/wiki/South_West_Main_Line" title="South West Main Line">South West Main Line</a> between <a href="/wiki/Basingstoke_railway_station" title="Basingstoke railway station">Basingstoke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastleigh_railway_station" title="Eastleigh railway station">Eastleigh</a> before travelling to <a href="/wiki/Fratton_railway_station" title="Fratton railway station">Fratton</a> ready for its transfer to the island. Testing and crew training on the remaining units took place on the <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Direct_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Portsmouth Direct Line">Portsmouth Direct Line</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shepperton_Branch_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Shepperton Branch Line">Shepperton Branch Line</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200365_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200365-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="On_the_island">On the island</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Rail_Class_483&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: On the island"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first unit, 001, arrived on the Isle of Wight on 5 July 1989 following an overnight <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_ferry_services" title="Isle of Wight ferry services">ferry crossing</a> from Portsmouth to Fishbourne. It was delivered by road to <a href="/wiki/Sandown_railway_station" title="Sandown railway station">Sandown</a>, then hauled to <a href="/wiki/Ryde_depot" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryde depot">Ryde depot</a> by one of the existing passenger trains. It began test running on the Island Line in the evening of 6 July, before a public launch on 13 July.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200366_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200366-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regular passenger services using the Class 483 did not commence until October, while the last of the eight planned units did not enter service until July 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200392_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200392-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While it was originally planned to use only eight units, in 1992—two years after the rest of the fleet had entered service—the ninth unit, numbered 009, was also refurbished and transported to the island.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200368_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200368-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 10th unit was also shipped to Ryde depot, although this was for spares only and was never used in passenger operation on the Island. This unit was unofficially given the unit number 483010. </p><p>Each unit was formed of two driving motor vehicles, numbered 121–129 and 221–229. The technical description of this formation was DMSO(A)+DMSO(B). </p><p>When the units were first introduced, the final digit of the unit number and the final digit of the carriage numbers corresponded, such that unit 001 was formed of vehicles 121 and 221. However, since then, a few rearrangements have taken place to the unit formations. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2007_1002_IoW_Train.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/2007_1002_IoW_Train.JPG/220px-2007_1002_IoW_Train.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/2007_1002_IoW_Train.JPG/330px-2007_1002_IoW_Train.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/2007_1002_IoW_Train.JPG/440px-2007_1002_IoW_Train.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>483006 stands at Ryde Pier Head in 2007, sporting its dinosaur livery intended to attract tourists to the line.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1996, with the <a href="/wiki/Privatisation_of_British_Rail" title="Privatisation of British Rail">privatisation of British Rail</a>, the Ryde–Shanklin line became the Island Line franchise, which was won by the <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Group" title="Stagecoach Group">Stagecoach Group</a>. Services continued to be branded as <a href="/wiki/Island_Line_(brand)" title="Island Line (brand)">Island Line</a> trains. In 1999 three units (001, 003 and 005) were permanently withdrawn from service as surplus to requirements, leaving only six units remaining serviceable. In the early 2000s, the remaining units were overhauled and were repainted into a new livery of blue and yellow with pictures of dinosaurs. From 2007 to 2008, all units were repainted into their original <a href="/wiki/London_Regional_Transport" title="London Regional Transport">London Transport</a> red livery (albeit with yellow warning panels on the cab rather than the original red).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to an article in the October 2005 issue of <i><a href="/wiki/Rail_Professional" title="Rail Professional">Rail Professional</a></i> magazine, at that time Island Line was paying "an eye-watering £140,000 a year" to lease the trains, meaning that "[s]ince <a href="/wiki/Privatisation_of_British_Rail" title="Privatisation of British Rail">privatisation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eversholt_Rail_Group" title="Eversholt Rail Group">HSBC Rail</a> has pocketed over £1m for leasing these relics that are effectively worthless."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2007, <a href="/wiki/South_West_Trains" title="South West Trains">South West Trains</a> purchased the rolling stock outright from the <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Great_Britain#Leasing_companies_.28ROSCO.29" title="Rail transport in Great Britain">leasing company</a> HSBC Rail for £1.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Further that year, the Island Line franchise was amalgamated with <a href="/wiki/South_West_Trains" title="South West Trains">South West Trains</a> as part of the new <a href="/wiki/South_Western_franchise" title="South Western franchise">South Western franchise</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Refurbishment">Refurbishment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Rail_Class_483&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Refurbishment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Class 483 trains were last refurbished during 2007;<sup id="cite_ref-London_Transport_Action_Group_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London_Transport_Action_Group-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> work on the six unit fleet included: </p> <ul><li>an exterior repaint into London Transport maroon with cream window pillars</li> <li>a retrim of the seat moquette into the same moquette that the <a href="/wiki/London_Underground_A60_and_A62_Stock" title="London Underground A60 and A62 Stock">London Underground A60/62 Stock</a> received during their refurbishment between 1993 and 1998</li></ul> <p>When <a href="/wiki/South_Western_Railway_(train_operating_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Western Railway (train operating company)">South Western Railway</a> took over the franchise in 2017, it launched a consultation on the future of Island Line services, revealing that only three of the six remaining units were serviceable.<sup id="cite_ref-SWR_2017_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWR_2017-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Replacement">Replacement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Rail_Class_483&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Replacement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:484001_and_483009_at_Ryde_Traincare.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/484001_and_483009_at_Ryde_Traincare.jpg/220px-484001_and_483009_at_Ryde_Traincare.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/484001_and_483009_at_Ryde_Traincare.jpg/330px-484001_and_483009_at_Ryde_Traincare.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/484001_and_483009_at_Ryde_Traincare.jpg/440px-484001_and_483009_at_Ryde_Traincare.jpg 2x" data-file-width="799" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>484001 stands next to 483009 at Ryde Traincare Depot, illustrating the difference in loading gauge between the ex-deep-level Tube Class 483 unit and the ex-sub-surface Class 484 unit</figcaption></figure> <p>On 13 September 2019, South Western Railway announced that because of a "safety issue" only one of the units was able to run, which meant cancelling just under half of scheduled services and running only an hourly service on the Island Line.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This reduction in service was by mid-September expected to last for approximately one month, until 14 October,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the company warned that the trains' age and increasing difficulty of getting spare parts meant it might take longer. Normal service was not restored for approximately 5 weeks, but further fleet faults brought repeated disruption through much of November.<sup id="cite_ref-Echo9Nov_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echo9Nov-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Just 3 days after the news that only one Class 483 was serviceable, on 16 September 2019 the government announced that the fleet would be replaced by five two-car <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_484" title="British Rail Class 484">Class 484s</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preservation">Preservation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Rail_Class_483&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Preservation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The London Transport Traction Group was founded to facilitate the preservation of a Class 483 unit to run via an on-board power supply on the <a href="/wiki/Epping_Ongar_Railway" title="Epping Ongar Railway">Epping Ongar Railway</a> in Essex. On 24 November 2020, the group confirmed that it had been successful in securing a unit, probably 006 or 008.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later announced that both 006 and 008 were going to be preserved by the group.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After problems relating to a lack of space at the <a href="/wiki/Epping_Ongar_Railway" title="Epping Ongar Railway">Epping Ongar Railway</a>, the London Transport Traction Group announced that Units 006 and 008 will instead be preserved at the <a href="/wiki/Llanelli_and_Mynydd_Mawr_Railway" title="Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway">Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway</a>, making 006 and 008 the first tube trains to be housed at a preserved railway in Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is also known that the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_Steam_Railway" title="Isle of Wight Steam Railway">Isle of Wight Steam Railway</a> will be taking on unit 483007 <i>Jess Harper</i> which had gone under a 3-year overhaul, the last to be overhauled at Ryde traincare depot.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is planned, in the short term, for the unit to be displayed in the 'Train Story Discovery Centre'. It is hoped that in the years to come the unit will be able to run on its own power along the line.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 July 2020, SWR, the owner and operator, announced that it was looking for new homes for the trains as soon as possible, to make room for the arrival of the first Class 484 units for testing later in the year. SWR had already received enquiries from preservation groups, including the adjacent Isle of Wight Steam Railway. Organisations expressing interest will need to demonstrate the capacity and financial security to remove and look after the train, as well as an appropriate long-term physical storage location.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fleet_details">Fleet details</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Rail_Class_483&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fleet details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Only two of nine units remained serviceable throughout most of 2020, the remainder having been taken out of service progressively since April 2000. On 29 July 2020 South Western Railway announced that the six extant units would be offered for preservation.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite its impending withdrawal, unit 007 received a full overhaul, returning to service on 11 December 2020.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Key: </th> <td bgcolor="#cccccc">Scrapped </td> <td bgcolor="#eaf3ff">Preserved </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Unit No. </th> <th colspan="4">Vehicle Nos. </th> <th colspan="2">Delivered to LPTB </th> <th rowspan="2" align="left">Livery </th> <th rowspan="2" align="left">Status </th> <th rowspan="2" align="left">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">DMSO(A) </th> <th colspan="2">DMSO(B) </th> <th>DMSO(A) </th> <th>DMSO(B) </th></tr> <tr style="background:#cccccc"> <td align="center">483001 </td> <td align="center">121 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-10184</small> </td> <td align="center">221 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-11184</small> </td> <td class="nowrap">19 August 1939<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200178-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">19 August 1939<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200180-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Network_Southeast" class="mw-redirect" title="Network Southeast">Network SouthEast</a> </td> <td>Scrapped </td> <td>Scrapped at <a href="/wiki/Ryde_St_John%27s_Road_railway_station" title="Ryde St John's Road railway station">Ryde St John's Road</a> in June 2006. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaf3ff"> <td align="center">483002 </td> <td align="center">122 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-10221</small> </td> <td align="center">225 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-11142</small> </td> <td class="nowrap">13 November 1939<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200178-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">27 February 1939<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200180-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">London Transport Red </td> <td>Preserved </td> <td>Both cars currently at Railway Support Services, Wishaw. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cccccc"> <td align="center">483003 </td> <td align="center">123 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-10116</small> </td> <td align="center">223 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-11116</small> </td> <td class="nowrap">10 January 1939<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200178-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">10 January 1939<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200179_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200179-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Network SouthEast </td> <td>Scrapped </td> <td>Previously stored in a siding near <a href="/wiki/Ryde_St_John%27s_Road_railway_station" title="Ryde St John's Road railway station">Ryde St John's Road</a> as a source of spare parts. Scrapped in April 2000. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaf3ff"> <td align="center">483004 </td> <td align="center">124 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-10205</small> </td> <td align="center">224 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-11205</small> </td> <td class="nowrap">10 October 1939<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200178-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">10 October 1939<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200180-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">London Transport Red </td> <td>Preserved </td> <td>Previously stored at <a href="/wiki/Ryde_St_John%27s_Road_railway_station" title="Ryde St John's Road railway station">Ryde St John's Road</a> since 2019 as a source of spare parts. Delivered to Holliers Park, <a href="/wiki/Hale_Common" title="Hale Common">Hale Common</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arreton" title="Arreton">Arreton</a> for renovation and use as an onsite café on 20 May 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cccccc"> <td align="center">483005 </td> <td align="center">125 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-10142</small> </td> <td align="center">222 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-11221</small> </td> <td class="nowrap">27 February 1939<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200178-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">13 November 1939<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200180-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">Network Southeast </td> <td>Scrapped </td> <td>Scrapped at <a href="/wiki/Ryde_St_John%27s_Road_railway_station" title="Ryde St John's Road railway station">Ryde St John's Road</a> in April 2000. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaf3ff"> <td align="center">483006 </td> <td align="center">126 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-10297</small> </td> <td align="center">226 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-11297</small> </td> <td class="nowrap">1 July 1940<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200178-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">1 July 1940<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200180-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">London Transport Red with Island line logos </td> <td>Preserved </td> <td>Withdrawn from service on 3 January 2021. Preserved by the London Transport Traction Group at the <a href="/wiki/Llanelli_and_Mynydd_Mawr_Railway" title="Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway">Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway</a>. Car 226 currently partly in "pseudo" LT condition with a red cab end and mock top marker lights and one side of the car painted completely red due to vandalism which occurred while the unit was at Ryde St Johns Depot <sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaf3ff"> <td align="center">483007 </td> <td align="center">127 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-10291</small> </td> <td align="center">227 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-11291</small> </td> <td class="nowrap">17 June 1940<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200179_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200179-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">17 June 1940<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200180-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">London Transport Red with Island line logos </td> <td>Preserved </td> <td>Named <i>Jess Harper</i> on 15 December 2020. Withdrawn from service on 3 January 2021. Preserved at the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_Steam_Railway" title="Isle of Wight Steam Railway">Isle of Wight Steam Railway</a>'s Train Story exhibit at <a href="/wiki/Havenstreet_railway_station" title="Havenstreet railway station">Havenstreet railway station</a>. Preserved in London Transport Red with Island Line logos, and vinyl nameplates.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaf3ff"> <td align="center">483008 </td> <td align="center">128 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-10255</small> </td> <td align="center">228 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-11255</small> </td> <td class="nowrap">26 February 1940<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200178-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">26 February 1940<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200180-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">London Transport Red with Island line logos </td> <td>Preserved </td> <td>Withdrawn from service on 4 December 2020. Preserved by the London Transport Traction Group At <a href="/wiki/Llanelli_and_Mynydd_Mawr_Railway" title="Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway">Llanelli</a>, One Car of this set will be fitted with batteries to power the London Transport Traction Group Class 483s. Currently still in as Withdrawn condition (Minus a few windows due to vandalism)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaf3ff"> <td align="center">483009 </td> <td align="center">129 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-10229</small> </td> <td align="center">229 </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-11229</small> </td> <td class="nowrap">10 June 1940<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200179_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200179-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">10 June 1940<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200180-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">London Transport Red </td> <td>Preserved </td> <td>In use as a shunter at <a href="/wiki/Ryde_depot" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryde depot">Ryde depot</a> since 2016 until withdrawal. Coach 129 was purchased by a private buyer and transported to the <a href="/wiki/East_Somerset_Railway" title="East Somerset Railway">East Somerset Railway</a> in August 2021<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where it is awaiting restoration by Cranmore Traincare & Maintenance Services. Externally Restored to LT condition, other car stripped of parts, and in storage at Reid Freight, Longton, as of June 2022. </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cccccc"> <td align="center">(483010) </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-10139</small> </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center"><small>ex-11172</small> </td> <td class="nowrap">20 February 1939<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200178-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td class="nowrap">13 July 1939<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200180-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Blue undercoat </td> <td>Scrapped </td> <td>An additional unit used for spare parts. Gutted at Ryde depot in 2001 and afterwards scrapped. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Rail_Class_483&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:483008_Ryde_Pier_Head.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Island Line No. 008 arrives at Ryde Pier Head, wearing the final used livery based on that of London Transport."><img alt="Island Line No. 008 arrives at Ryde Pier Head, wearing the final used livery based on that of London Transport." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/483008_Ryde_Pier_Head.JPG/120px-483008_Ryde_Pier_Head.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/483008_Ryde_Pier_Head.JPG/180px-483008_Ryde_Pier_Head.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/483008_Ryde_Pier_Head.JPG/240px-483008_Ryde_Pier_Head.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1511" data-file-height="1149" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Island Line No. 008 arrives at <a href="/wiki/Ryde_Pier_Head_railway_station" title="Ryde Pier Head railway station">Ryde Pier Head</a>, wearing the final used livery based on that of London Transport.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:483002_483007_Ryde_Electric_Depot.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Island Line Class 483 EMUs No. 002 and 007 at Ryde Electric Depot."><img alt="Island Line Class 483 EMUs No. 002 and 007 at Ryde Electric Depot." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/483002_483007_Ryde_Electric_Depot.JPG/120px-483002_483007_Ryde_Electric_Depot.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/483002_483007_Ryde_Electric_Depot.JPG/180px-483002_483007_Ryde_Electric_Depot.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/483002_483007_Ryde_Electric_Depot.JPG/240px-483002_483007_Ryde_Electric_Depot.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1921" data-file-height="1311" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Island Line Class 483 EMUs No. 002 and 007 at Ryde Electric Depot.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:483_001_at_St_John%27s_Road,_1989_-_geograph.org.uk_-_790855.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Class 483 unit No. 001 on display at Ryde depot in 1989, shortly after transfer to the Isle of Wight. It carries British Rail's Network SouthEast livery."><img alt="Class 483 unit No. 001 on display at Ryde depot in 1989, shortly after transfer to the Isle of Wight. It carries British Rail's Network SouthEast livery." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/483_001_at_St_John%27s_Road%2C_1989_-_geograph.org.uk_-_790855.jpg/120px-483_001_at_St_John%27s_Road%2C_1989_-_geograph.org.uk_-_790855.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/483_001_at_St_John%27s_Road%2C_1989_-_geograph.org.uk_-_790855.jpg/180px-483_001_at_St_John%27s_Road%2C_1989_-_geograph.org.uk_-_790855.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/483_001_at_St_John%27s_Road%2C_1989_-_geograph.org.uk_-_790855.jpg/240px-483_001_at_St_John%27s_Road%2C_1989_-_geograph.org.uk_-_790855.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Class 483 unit No. 001 on display at Ryde depot in 1989, shortly after transfer to the Isle of Wight. It carries British Rail's <a href="/wiki/Network_SouthEast" title="Network SouthEast">Network SouthEast</a> livery.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Island_Line_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_836245.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dinosaur liveried 483006 at work with Island Line in June 2008."><img alt="Dinosaur liveried 483006 at work with Island Line in June 2008." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Island_Line_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_836245.jpg/120px-Island_Line_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_836245.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Island_Line_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_836245.jpg/180px-Island_Line_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_836245.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Island_Line_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_836245.jpg/240px-Island_Line_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_836245.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Dinosaur liveried 483006 at work with Island Line in June 2008.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:483007_Departing_Smallbrook_Junction.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Island Line Class 483 No. 007 departs Smallbrook Junction, with a service bound for Ryde Pier Head."><img alt="Island Line Class 483 No. 007 departs Smallbrook Junction, with a service bound for Ryde Pier Head." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/483007_Departing_Smallbrook_Junction.jpg/120px-483007_Departing_Smallbrook_Junction.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/483007_Departing_Smallbrook_Junction.jpg/180px-483007_Departing_Smallbrook_Junction.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/483007_Departing_Smallbrook_Junction.jpg/240px-483007_Departing_Smallbrook_Junction.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2565" data-file-height="1910" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Island Line Class 483 No. 007 departs <a href="/wiki/Smallbrook_Junction_railway_station" title="Smallbrook Junction railway station">Smallbrook Junction</a>, with a service bound for Ryde Pier Head.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:483008_Arrives_Shanklin.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Island Line Class 483 No. 008 arrives at Shanklin."><img alt="Island Line Class 483 No. 008 arrives at Shanklin." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/483008_Arrives_Shanklin.jpg/120px-483008_Arrives_Shanklin.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/483008_Arrives_Shanklin.jpg/180px-483008_Arrives_Shanklin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/483008_Arrives_Shanklin.jpg/240px-483008_Arrives_Shanklin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2159" data-file-height="1757" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Island Line Class 483 No. 008 arrives at <a href="/wiki/Shanklin_railway_station" title="Shanklin railway station">Shanklin</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Class_483_%22Island_Line%22_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1407091.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A pair of Island Line Class 483s in London Underground livery entering the Ryde tunnel."><img alt="A pair of Island Line Class 483s in London Underground livery entering the Ryde tunnel." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Class_483_%22Island_Line%22_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1407091.jpg/120px-Class_483_%22Island_Line%22_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1407091.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Class_483_%22Island_Line%22_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1407091.jpg/180px-Class_483_%22Island_Line%22_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1407091.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Class_483_%22Island_Line%22_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1407091.jpg/240px-Class_483_%22Island_Line%22_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1407091.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A pair of Island Line Class 483s in London Underground livery entering the Ryde tunnel.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:483007_Shanklin_.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="483007 Jess Harper at Shanklin on the final day of the fleet's service for the Island Line"><img alt="483007 Jess Harper at Shanklin on the final day of the fleet's service for the Island Line" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/483007_Shanklin_.jpg/120px-483007_Shanklin_.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/483007_Shanklin_.jpg/180px-483007_Shanklin_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/483007_Shanklin_.jpg/240px-483007_Shanklin_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4453" data-file-height="2888" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">483007 <i>Jess Harper</i> at Shanklin on the final day of the fleet's service for the Island Line</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:483007_at_the_IOWSR.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="483007 Jess Harper post-withdrawal, preserved at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway's Train Story exhibit."><img alt="483007 Jess Harper post-withdrawal, preserved at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway's Train Story exhibit." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/483007_at_the_IOWSR.jpg/120px-483007_at_the_IOWSR.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/483007_at_the_IOWSR.jpg/180px-483007_at_the_IOWSR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/483007_at_the_IOWSR.jpg/240px-483007_at_the_IOWSR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="3120" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">483007 <i>Jess Harper</i> post-withdrawal, preserved at the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_Steam_Railway" title="Isle of Wight Steam Railway">Isle of Wight Steam Railway</a>'s Train Story exhibit.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bogie_of_a_British_rail_class_483_at_the_IOWSR.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bogie of a British Rail Class 483 at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway's Train Story exhibit."><img alt="Bogie of a British Rail Class 483 at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway's Train Story exhibit." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bogie_of_a_British_rail_class_483_at_the_IOWSR.jpg/120px-Bogie_of_a_British_rail_class_483_at_the_IOWSR.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bogie_of_a_British_rail_class_483_at_the_IOWSR.jpg/180px-Bogie_of_a_British_rail_class_483_at_the_IOWSR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bogie_of_a_British_rail_class_483_at_the_IOWSR.jpg/240px-Bogie_of_a_British_rail_class_483_at_the_IOWSR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="3120" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bogie of a British Rail Class 483 at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway's Train Story exhibit.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Rail_Class_483&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 August</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=After+80+years+of+service+Island+Line%27s+trains+are+ready+to+retire&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.southwesternrailway.com%2Fother%2Fnews-and-media%2Fnews%2F2020%2Fjuly%2Fafter-more-than-80-years-of-service-island-lines-trains-ready-to-retire&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Rail+Class+483" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200178-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200178_34-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHardy2001">Hardy 2001</a>, p. 78.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200180-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200180_35-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHardy2001">Hardy 2001</a>, p. 80.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHardy200179-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200179_36-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200179_36-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHardy200179_36-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHardy2001">Hardy 2001</a>, p. 79.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.southwesternrailway.com/destinations-and-offers/island-line/island-line-upgrade">"Island Line Upgrade"</a>. <i>Southwestern Railway</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210518140334/https://www.southwesternrailway.com/destinations-and-offers/island-line/island-line-upgrade">Archived</a> from the original on 18 May 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Southwestern+Railway&rft.atitle=Island+Line+Upgrade&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.southwesternrailway.com%2Fdestinations-and-offers%2Fisland-line%2Fisland-line-upgrade&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Rail+Class+483" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLlanelli_Railway2021" class="citation web cs1">Llanelli Railway [@LlanelliRailway] (22 October 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/LlanelliRailway/status/1451596212138823683">"It's been a very busy day for us today at the railway with the arrival of 483006 from the Isle of Wight where it begins a new chapter under the care of the @TractionLondon. Thanks to @reid_freight for the very well executed delivery. https://t.co/Pvrdh3UEpj"</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211027030150/https://twitter.com/llanellirailway/status/1451596212138823683">Archived</a> from the original on 27 October 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 May</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=ISLAND+LINE+TRAIN+%27007%27+ARRIVES+AT+NEW+HOME+IN+HAVENSTREET&rft.date=2021-05-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.islandecho.co.uk%2Fisland-line-train-007-arrives-at-new-home-in-havenstreet%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Rail+Class+483" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211107084950/http://www.lttractiongroup.co.uk/the-fleet-in-2021.html">"The fleet in 2021"</a>. <i>London Transport Traction Group</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lttractiongroup.co.uk/the-fleet-in-2021.html">the original</a> on 7 November 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=London+Transport+Traction+Group&rft.atitle=The+fleet+in+2021&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lttractiongroup.co.uk%2Fthe-fleet-in-2021.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Rail+Class+483" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Rail_Class_483&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHardy2001" class="citation book cs1">Hardy, Brian (2001). <i>Underground Train File: Tube Stock 1933–1959</i>. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85414-235-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-85414-235-6"><bdi>1-85414-235-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Underground+Train+File%3A+Tube+Stock+1933%E2%80%931959&rft.place=Harrow+Weald&rft.pub=Capital+Transport&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=1-85414-235-6&rft.aulast=Hardy&rft.aufirst=Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Rail+Class+483" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHardy2003" class="citation book cs1">Hardy, Brian (2003). <i>Tube Trains on the Isle of Wight</i>. Harrow Weald, Middlesex: Capital Transport. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85414-276-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85414-276-4"><bdi>978-1-85414-276-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tube+Trains+on+the+Isle+of+Wight&rft.place=Harrow+Weald%2C+Middlesex&rft.pub=Capital+Transport&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-1-85414-276-4&rft.aulast=Hardy&rft.aufirst=Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Rail+Class+483" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Rail_Class_483&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarsden2011" class="citation book cs1">Marsden, Colin J. (2011). <i>Traction Recognition</i> (2nd ed.). Ian Allan. pp. 264–265. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780711034945" title="Special:BookSources/9780711034945"><bdi>9780711034945</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/751525080">751525080</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Traction+Recognition&rft.pages=264-265&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft.date=2011&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F751525080&rft.isbn=9780711034945&rft.aulast=Marsden&rft.aufirst=Colin+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Rail+Class+483" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1">"Island Line cuts 'tube' fleet to just six two-car units". <i><a href="/wiki/Rail_(magazine)" title="Rail (magazine)">Rail</a></i>. No. 326. EMAP Apex Publications. 24 March 1998. p. 13. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0953-4563">0953-4563</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/49953699">49953699</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Rail&rft.atitle=Island+Line+cuts+%27tube%27+fleet+to+just+six+two-car+units&rft.issue=326&rft.pages=13&rft.date=1998-03-24&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F49953699&rft.issn=0953-4563&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritish+Rail+Class+483" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_331" title="British Rail Class 331">331 (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_332" title="British Rail Class 332">332</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_333" title="British Rail Class 333">333</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_334" title="British Rail Class 334">334</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_341_and_342" title="British Rail Classes 341 and 342">341</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_341_and_342" title="British Rail Classes 341 and 342">342</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_345" title="British Rail Class 345">345</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">350 (I)</span><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_350" title="British Rail Class 350">350 (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_357" title="British Rail Class 357">357</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_360" title="British Rail Class 360">360</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_365" title="British Rail Class 365">365</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_370" title="British Rail Class 370">370</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_371,_381_and_471" title="British Rail Classes 371, 381 and 471">371</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_373" title="British Rail Class 373">373</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_374" title="British Rail Class 374">374</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_375" title="British Rail Class 375">375</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_376" title="British Rail Class 376">376</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_377" title="British Rail Class 377">377</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_378" title="British Rail Class 378">378</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_379" title="British Rail Class 379">379</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_380" title="British Rail Class 380">380</a></li> <li><a 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title="British Rail Class 807">807</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_810" title="British Rail Class 810">810</a><sup>5</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_897" title="British Rail Class 897">897</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">AC units<br />(pre-<a href="/wiki/TOPS" title="TOPS">TOPS</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_AM1" title="British Rail Class AM1">AM1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_302" title="British Rail Class 302">AM2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_303" title="British Rail Class 303">AM3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_304" title="British Rail Class 304">AM4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_305" title="British Rail Class 305">AM5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_306" title="British Rail 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_401" title="British Rail Class 401">401</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_402" title="British Rail Class 402">402</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_403" title="British Rail Class 403">403</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_404" title="British Rail Class 404">404</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_405" class="mw-redirect" title="British Rail Class 405">405</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_411" title="British Rail Class 411">410</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_411" title="British Rail Class 411">411</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_411" title="British Rail Class 411">412</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_413" title="British Rail Class 413">413</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_414" title="British Rail Class 414">414</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_415" title="British Rail Class 415">415</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_416" title="British Rail Class 416">416</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_418" title="British Rail Class 418">418</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_419" title="British Rail Class 419">419</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_421" title="British Rail Class 421">420</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_421" title="British Rail Class 421">421</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_421" title="British Rail Class 421">422</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_423" title="British Rail Class 423">423</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_424" title="British Rail Class 424">424</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_423" title="British Rail Class 423">427</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_432" title="British Rail Class 432">430</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_432" title="British Rail Class 432">431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_432" title="British Rail Class 432">432</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_438" title="British Rail Class 438">438</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_442" title="British Rail Class 442">442</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_444" title="British Rail Class 444">444</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_445_and_446" title="British Rail Classes 445 and 446">445</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_445_and_446" title="British Rail Classes 445 and 446">446</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_447" class="mw-redirect" title="British Rail Class 447">447</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_450" title="British Rail Class 450">450</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_455" title="British Rail Class 455">455</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_456" title="British Rail Class 456">456</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_316_and_457" title="British Rail Classes 316 and 457">457</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_458" title="British Rail Class 458">458</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_460" title="British Rail Class 460">460</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_465" title="British Rail Class 465">465</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_466" title="British Rail Class 466">466</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_371,_381_and_471" title="British Rail Classes 371, 381 and 471">471</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_423" title="British Rail Class 423">480</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_421" title="British Rail Class 421">482 (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_482" title="British Rail Class 482">482 (II)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">483</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_484" title="British Rail Class 484">484</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_485_and_486" title="British Rail Classes 485 and 486">485</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_485_and_486" title="British Rail Classes 485 and 486">486</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_487" title="British Rail Class 487">487</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_488" title="British Rail Class 488">488</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_489" title="British Rail Class 489">489</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_499_(Luggage_Van)" title="British Rail Class 499 (Luggage Van)">499 (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_501" title="British Rail Class 501">501</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_502" title="British Rail Class 502">502</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_503" title="British Rail Class 503">503</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_504" title="British Rail Class 504">504</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_505" title="British Rail Class 505">505</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_506" title="British Rail Class 506">506</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_507" title="British Rail Class 507">507</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_508" title="British Rail Class 508">508</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_455" title="British Rail Class 455">510</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">DC units<br />(original TOPS)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_415" title="British Rail Class 415">411</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_414" title="British Rail Class 414">412</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_416" title="British Rail Class 416">413</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_411" title="British Rail Class 411">414</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_411" title="British Rail Class 411">421</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_419" title="British Rail Class 419">422</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_415" title="British Rail Class 415">423</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_414" title="British Rail Class 414">424</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_421" title="British Rail Class 421">431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_423" title="British Rail Class 423">432</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_432" title="British Rail Class 432">441</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_438" title="British Rail Class 438">442</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_485_and_486" title="British Rail Classes 485 and 486">451</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_485_and_486" title="British Rail Classes 485 and 486">452</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_487" title="British Rail Class 487">453</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_445_and_446" title="British Rail Classes 445 and 446">461</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_445_and_446" title="British Rail Classes 445 and 446">462</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_438" title="British Rail Class 438">491</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_438" title="British Rail Class 438">492</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">DC units<br />(pre-TOPS)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LMS_electric_units" title="LMS electric units">LMS electric units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LNER_Tyneside_electric_units" title="LNER Tyneside electric units">LNER Tyneside units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LNWR_electric_units" title="LNWR electric units">LNWR electric units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Overhead_Railway_electric_units" title="Liverpool Overhead Railway electric units">LOR electric units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LYR_electric_units" title="LYR electric units">LYR electric units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersey_Railway_electric_units" title="Mersey Railway electric units">Mersey Railway electric units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_505" title="British Rail Class 505">MSJ&AR electric units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NER_electric_units" title="NER electric units">NER electric units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterloo_%26_City_Railway_electric_units" title="Waterloo & City Railway electric units">W&CR electric units</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Battery units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_BEMU" title="British Rail BEMU">BEMU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_230" title="British Rail Class 230">230</a><sup>5</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hydrogen units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_600" title="British Rail Class 600">600</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_314" title="British Rail Class 314">614</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(UK)" title="Southern Railway (UK)">Southern Railway</a><br />designations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_401" title="British Rail Class 401">2-BIL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_416" title="British Rail Class 416">2-EPB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_402" title="British Rail Class 402">2-HAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_414" title="British Rail Class 414">2-HAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SR_Class_2NOL" class="mw-redirect" title="SR Class 2NOL">2-NOL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_402" title="British Rail Class 402">2-PAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_445_and_446" title="British Rail Classes 445 and 446">2-PEP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_418" title="British Rail Class 418">2-SAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SR_Class_2SL" title="SR Class 2SL">2-SL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_485_and_486" title="British Rail Classes 485 and 486">2-TIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SR_Class_2Wim" title="SR Class 2Wim">2-WIM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_411" title="British Rail Class 411">3-CEP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_421" title="British Rail Class 421">3-CIG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_421" title="British Rail Class 421">3-COP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SR_class_3Sub" title="SR class 3Sub">3-SUB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_438" title="British Rail Class 438">3-TC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_485_and_486" title="British Rail Classes 485 and 486">3-TIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_411" title="British Rail Class 411">4-BEP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_421" title="British Rail Class 421">4-BIG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_404" title="British Rail Class 404">4-BUF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_413" title="British Rail Class 413">4-CAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_411" title="British Rail Class 411">4-CEP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_421" title="British Rail Class 421">4-CIG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_415" title="British Rail Class 415">4-COM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_404" title="British Rail Class 404">4-COR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SR_Class_4DD" title="SR Class 4DD">4-DD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_450" title="British Rail Class 450">4-DES</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_415" title="British Rail Class 415">4-EPB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_404" title="British Rail Class 404">4-GRI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_458" title="British Rail Class 458">4-JOP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SR_Class_4Lav" title="SR Class 4Lav">4-LAV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_445_and_446" title="British Rail Classes 445 and 446">4-PEP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_508" title="British Rail Class 508">4-PER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_432" title="British Rail Class 432">4-REP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_404" title="British Rail Class 404">4-RES</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SR_Class_4Sub" title="SR Class 4Sub">4-SUB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_438" title="British Rail Class 438">4-TC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_411" title="British Rail Class 411">4-TEP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_485_and_486" title="British Rail Classes 485 and 486">4-VEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_423" title="British Rail Class 423">4-VEG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_423" title="British Rail Class 423">4-VEP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_423" title="British Rail Class 423">4-VIP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_423" title="British Rail Class 423">4-VOP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_403" title="British Rail Class 403">5-BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_444" title="British Rail Class 444">5-DES</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_438" title="British Rail Class 438">5-TCB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_485_and_486" title="British Rail Classes 485 and 486">5-VEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_442" title="British Rail Class 442">5-WES</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SR_Class_6Pul" title="SR Class 6Pul">6-CIT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SR_Class_6Pul" title="SR Class 6Pul">6-PAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SR_Class_6Pul" title="SR Class 6Pul">6-PUL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_432" title="British Rail Class 432">6-REP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_401#7TC" title="British Rail Class 401">7-TC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_421" title="British Rail Class 421">8-DIG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_460" title="British Rail Class 460">8-GAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_421" title="British Rail Class 421">8-MIG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_423" title="British Rail Class 423">8-VAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_489" title="British Rail Class 489">GLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_419" title="British Rail Class 419">MLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_499_(Luggage_Van)" title="British Rail Class 499 (Luggage Van)">TLV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Miscellaneous units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_398" title="British Rail Class 398">398</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_399" title="British Rail Class 399">399</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_499_(London_Underground)" title="British Rail Class 499 (London Underground)">499 (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_555" title="British Rail Class 555">555</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear_Metrocar" title="Tyne and Wear Metrocar">599</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Families</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_304" title="British Rail Class 304">1959 design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Classes_445_and_446" title="British Rail Classes 445 and 446">1972 design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Railways_Mark_2#Multiple_units_based_on_the_Mark_2" class="mw-redirect" title="British Railways Mark 2">Mark 2-derived</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Mark_3#Multiple_units_based_on_the_Mark_3" title="British Rail Mark 3">Mark 3-derived</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitachi_A-train" title="Hitachi A-train">A-Train</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Passenger_Train" title="Advanced Passenger Train">APT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alstom_Aventra" title="Alstom Aventra">Aventra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stadler_Citylink" title="Stadler Citylink">Citylink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAF_Civity" title="CAF Civity">Civity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivarail_D-Train" title="Vivarail D-Train">D-Train</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siemens_Desiro" title="Siemens Desiro">Desiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Electrostar" title="Bombardier Electrostar">Electrostar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stadler_FLIRT" title="Stadler FLIRT">FLIRT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alstom_Coradia_Juniper" title="Alstom Coradia Juniper">Coradia Juniper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stadler_METRO" title="Stadler METRO">METRO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Networker_(train)" title="Networker (train)">Networker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TGV" title="TGV">TGV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_tube_trains" title="British Rail tube trains">Tube</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siemens_Velaro" title="Siemens Velaro">Velaro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><small> <ul><li>1: Renumbered as Class 332</li> <li>2: Renumbered as Class 325</li> <li>3: Renumbered as Class 701</li> <li>4: Renumbered as Class 720/6</li> <li>5: <a href="/wiki/Electro-diesel_multiple_unit" title="Electro-diesel multiple unit">Bi- or tri-mode unit</a></li> <li>6: Renumbered as Class 802/2</li> <li>7: Renumbered as Class 810</li> <li>8: Grouping of different rolling stock types built to loading gauge of <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a> deep tube lines</li></ul> </small></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_electric_multiple_units" title="British electric multiple units">British electric multiple units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_Rail_modern_traction_locomotive_classes" title="List of British Rail modern traction locomotive classes">List of locomotives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_Rail_diesel_multiple_unit_classes" title="List of British Rail diesel multiple unit classes">List of diesel multiple units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_Rail_electric_multiple_unit_classes" 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