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Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 Stock) EMU 483006 departs Ryde St John's Road station northbound with a Shanklin-Ryde Pier Head service.
Photo by Chris McKenna 05/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483, 660v DC Third-Rail EMU. Island Line 2-Car Class 483 EMU, No: 483008, departs from Ryde Pier with the 11:08 Ryde Pier - Shanklin 'Island Line' service on Sat 30th Dec 2006 at 11:11. These vehicles are former London Underground vehicles which were built in 1938.
Photo: Ross Aitken (aos@blueyonder.co.uk)
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Class 483 Isle of Wight unit between Shanklin and Lake on 6th November 2004.
Digital photo by Patrick Lucas (patlucas@btinternet.com) |
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Class 483 Isle of Wight unit between Shanklin and Lake on 6th November 2004.
Digital photo by Patrick Lucas (patlucas@btinternet.com) |
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Island Line Class 483 EMU 483006 at Brading station with a southbound service to Shanklin. Only one platform at this station is now used, but until the 1950s was the junction with the now-closed branch line to Bembridge.
Photo by Chris McKenna 04/06/2006. |
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Detail of the unique dinosoar livery on an Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 Stock) EMU (probably 483006) at Ryde St John's Road station on the Isle of Wight. This livery reflects the jurassic heritage of the island, its status as a family holiday resort and the age of the trains - at nearly 70 years old they are by far the oldest trains running in regular mainline service.
Photo by Chris McKenna 05/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 EMU 483004 at Ryde Esplanade station with a northbound service to Ryde Pier Head, photographed from the bridge to the hoverport. The Class 483 EMUs were originally built as 630-volt 4th rail EMU 1938 tube stock trains for London Underground which came to the Isle of Wight following refurbishment and conversion to 750-volt 3rd operation between 1989 and 1992.
Photo by Chris McKenna 04/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 EMU 483009 approaches Ryde Esplanade station with a northbound service to Ryde Pier Head, photographed from station. The Class 483 EMUs were originally built as 630-volt 4th rail EMU 1938 tube stock trains for London Underground which came to the Isle of Wight following refurbishment and conversion to 750-volt 3rd operation between 1989 and 1992. In the background of the photograph is the tunnel to Ryde St John's station, which is the principal reason for the use of tube-guage trains.
Photo by Chris McKenna 04/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 EMU 483009 arrives into Ryde Esplanade station with a northbound service to Ryde Pier Head, photographed from station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 04/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 EMU 483009 at Ryde Esplanade station with a northbound service to Ryde Pier Head. The Class 483 EMUs were originally built as 630-volt 4th rail EMU 1938 tube stock trains for London Underground which came to the Isle of Wight following refurbishment and conversion to 750-volt 3rd operation between 1989 and 1992. Because only one of the two platforms at Ryde Pier Head station is structurally sound, and the lack of pointwork between the two stations, platform 1 at Esplanade is used for train is both directions. The disused platform 2 is on the right of the photograph.
Photo by Chris McKenna 04/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 EMU 483009 departs Ryde Esplanade station with a northbound service to Ryde Pier Head.
Photo by Chris McKenna 04/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 EMU 483009 arrives into Ryde Esplanade station with a southbound service from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin.
Photo by Chris McKenna 04/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 Stock) EMU 483004 heads north along Ryde Pier with a Shanklin to Ryde Pier Head service.
Photo by Chris McKenna 04/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 Stock) EMU 483006 approaches Ryde Pier Head station, the northernmost point on the Isle of Wight's railway network and interchange point with ferries to the mainland. This photograph was taken looking along the pier from the northern end of Ryde Esplanade station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 04/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 Stock) EMU 483006 at Ryde Pier Head station, the northernmost point on the Isle of Wight's railway network and interchange point with ferries to the mainland. This photograph was taken looking along the pier from the northern end of Ryde Esplanade station.
Photo by Chris McKenna 04/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 Stock) EMU 483006 en route from Ryde Pier Head station, the northernmost point on the Isle of Wight's railway network and interchange point with ferries to the mainland. This photograph was taken looking along the pier from the northern end of Ryde Esplanade station, the next stop for the train.
Photo by Chris McKenna 04/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 Stock) EMU 483006 en route from Ryde Esplanade to Ryde Pier Head, the northernmost point on the Isle of Wight's railway network and interchange point with ferries to the mainland. This photograph was taken from the pedestrian/road traffic pier; between the footway and railway is the dismantled remenants of the pier tramway.
Photo by Chris McKenna 05/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 Stock) EMU 483006 en route from Ryde Esplanade to Ryde Pier Head, the northernmost point on the Isle of Wight's railway network and interchange point with ferries to the mainland. This photograph was taken from the pedestrian/road traffic pier; just visible between the footway and railway is the dismantled remenants of the pier tramway.
Photo by Chris McKenna 05/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 Stock) EMU 483006 approaches Ryde Pier Head station, the northernmost point on the Isle of Wight's railway network and interchange point with ferries to the mainland. This photograph was taken from the pedestrian/road traffic pier; between the footway and railway is the dismantled remenants of the pier tramway.
Photo by Chris McKenna 05/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 Stock) EMU 483006 at Ryde Pier Head station, the northernmost point on the Isle of Wight's railway network and interchange point with ferries to the mainland.
Photo by Chris McKenna 05/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 Stock) EMU 483006 heads north from Ryde St John's Road station with a Shanklin-Ryde Pier Head service.
Photo by Chris McKenna 05/06/2006. |
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Looking south from the southern end of Ryde Esplanade station on the Isle of Wight towards the tunnel to Ryde St John's station, which is the principal reason for the use of ex-London Underground tube-guage trains on the island. The train emerging from the tunnel is Class 483 (formerly London Underground 1938 Stock) EMU 483006.
Photo by Chris McKenna 04/06/2006. |
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A Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 stock) EMU approaches the Island Line platform at Smallbrook Junction, photographed from the Isle of Wight Steam Railway platform. The entire purpose of this station, constructed in 1994, is to serve as an interchange between the two railways. There is no road or footpath access so the station is open only when both Island Line and Isle of Wight Steam Railway trains are operating. Although the steam trains are of mainline guage and the electric trains of tube guage, and the platforms for the former consequently higher, the difference is not quite as great as this picture suggests - the rails for the steam railway are at approximately the level of the Island Line platform.
Photo by Chris McKenna 05/06/2006. |
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An Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 stock) EMU in its unique Dinosaur livery departs Smallbrook Junction with a southbound service to Shanklin, photographed from the Isle of Wight Steam Railway platform. The entire purpose of this station, constructed in 1994, is to serve as an interchange between the two railways. There is no road or footpath access so the station is open only when both Island Line and Isle of Wight Steam Railway trains are operating.
Photo by Chris McKenna 05/06/2006. |
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An Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 stock) EMU in its unique Dinosaur livery departs Smallbrook Junction with a southbound service to Shanklin, photographed from the Isle of Wight Steam Railway platform. The entire purpose of this station, constructed in 1994, is to serve as an interchange between the two railways. There is no road or footpath access so the station is open only when both Island Line and Isle of Wight Steam Railway trains are operating.
Photo by Chris McKenna 05/06/2006. |
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Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 stock) EMU 483006 at Shanklin, the southern terminus of the Island of Wight's railway network.
Photo by Chris McKenna 04/06/2006. |
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The Island Line, currently operated by Stagecoach, is an unique British Mainline Railway for a number of reasons.
The Isle of Wight is the only place outside the London area where you can ride daily on genuine London Underground trains.
The 'Tube' trains used were built by Metropolitan-Cammell as far back as 1938 and are by far the oldest stock in regular passenger service.
They would previously have seen use on either the Bakerloo or Northern Line and having been converted from 4 to 3 rail operation are now class 483.
The Isle of Wight needs to be reached by ferries from the mainland and as a result it is the only 'mainline' railway in Britain that travels out along a pier to Ryde Pier Head. The Line runs to the resort of Shanklin a distance of nearly 9 miles. Train No 002 is seen here at Smallbrook Junction on August 30th 2003.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com |
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Another distinct feature of the Island Line is of course the livery carried by these units.
This is probably one of the most eye-catching of even todays multi-coloured trains and comes about essentially because
the Isle of Wight is very much a family holiday island. Having the trains in a 'dinosaur' livery
is clearly going to be more appealing to the kids...and people like us...than just having them in another corporate colour scheme.
The place is Smallbrook Junction and the date is the 30th August 2003.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com |
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The guard on this Shanklin bound service is just closing his door as the train pulls out of
Smallbrook Junction on a sunny Saturday 30th August 2003.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com |
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This is unit 006 about to depart from Smallbrook Junction with a train bound for
Ryde Pier Head on August 30th 2003.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com |
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The contrast between this trains previous livery of London Underground Red, which it would have carried for
over 50 years, and its current one could not be greater. For such a livery to be on any unit
shows how much things have changed in recent years, but the combination of their age, underground look and dinosaur style livery
surely makes them one of todays more remarkable 21st century railway survivors. They operate
after all on the main line and you do not have to go to a theme park to experience them. This one was 'captured on film' however
when it stopped briefly at Smallbrook Junction on the 30th August 2003.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com |
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Ex-London tube train now DC EMU class 483 No 006 prepares to depart from Smallbrook Junction on the Isle of Wight.
The date is the 30th August 2003.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com |
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Class 483 006 arrives at Shanklin on the IoW on Saturday 30th August 2003. The line once continued a further 3 miles to Ventnor
but this was closed during the 1960s.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com |
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Its Saturday evening and two units have now been combined into one to form a 4 coach train.
The train is seen appraoching Ryde Esplanade on the 30th August 2003.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com |
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An Island Line train approaches the station at Ryde Pier Head to meet the recently arrived 'Fast Cat' from Portsmouth.
Picture taken in bright sunshine on Saturday 30th August 2003.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com |
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Island Line Class 483 (ex-London Underground 1938 Stock) EMUs at Ryde St John's Road depot on the Isle of Wight. From left to right are 483007, 483002 and 483004.
483009 has been repainted into an almost exact recreation of its original London Transport livery, the only exception being the mandatory yellow warning pannel that must be carried on all trains on the main line. In complete contrast is the unique livery carried by the rest of the Island Line fleet - a yellow and blue base with vinyls of dinosaurs on the sides. This livery reflects the jurassic heritage of the island, its status as a family holiday resort and the age of the trains - at nearly 70 years old they are by far the oldest trains running in regular mainline service.
Photo by Chris McKenna 05/06/2006. |
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