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SWR Island Line Class 483 To Be Replaced

SWR Island Line Class 483s to be replaced next year The Island Line Class 483 EMUs will be replaced from 2020, SWR confirmed today. This comes following the recent news, that service will be reduced to 1 train in service on the island line , until further notice, due to milage checks on the existing …

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Island Line Class 483 Units Turn 80

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South Western Railway’s Island Line Class 483 electric multiple units then 80 years old this year, making them the oldest passenger trains still in regular mainline operation in Britain. Built in 1938 by Metro Cammell and overhauled at Eastleigh Works in 1989 – 1992, the trains initially worked for 50 years on the London Ungerdround …

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