British Rail Class 499 (TLV)

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox EMU
| name = British Rail Class 499
| image =
| imagesize = 300px
| caption =
| background = #B1004D
| manufacturer = [[Eastleigh Works]]
| formation = single car
| numberbuilt = 6
| service = 1968
| weight =
| capacity =
| maxspeed = {{convert|90|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on}}
| brakes =
| engine =
| operator = [[British Rail]]
| }}
[[British Rail]] allocated '''Class 499''' to a fleet of six luggage vans used in [[electric multiple unit]] formations on [[boat train]] services between [[London Victoria railway station|London]] and [[Dover Western Docks railway station|Dover]]. They were allocated [[SR Multiple Unit Numbering and Classification|Southern Region class]] TLV (meaning '''T'''railer '''L'''uggage '''V'''an).

They were converted from former [[Brake Gangwayed]] (BG) vehicles in 1968 to supplement the [[British Rail Class 419|Class 419]] Motor Luggage Van fleet. However, following the decline of boat train traffic, they were all stored in 1975. After a period in use as match wagons for transferring new Class [[British Rail Class 432|432]] and [[British Rail Class 438|491]] units from York Works, they were all taken into departmental stock initially as stores vans, but later as breakdown train tool vans.
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=3|Number
!rowspan=2|Status
|-
!As EMU
!Previous
!Departmental
|-
|68201
|80915
|ADB975611
|Scrapped (2011)
|-
|68202
|80918
|ADB975613
|Scrapped (2011)
|-
|68203
|80922
|ADB975612
|Scrapped (2011)
|-
|68204
|80925
|ADB975614
|Scrapped (1996)
|-
|68205
|80942
|ADB975610
|Scrapped (1996)
|-
|68206
|80951
|ADB975615
|Scrapped (2008)
|-
|}

==Registered London Underground Stock==
{{main|London Underground rolling stock}}
From 1994, [[Railtrack]] allocated the Class 499 designation on [[TOPS]] to [[London Underground]] [[electric multiple unit]]s that operate on its lines. This does not involve any renumbering of the stock involved, and is only for electronic recording purposes.<ref name=TRM>LUL stock given TOPS numbers ''[[The Railway Magazine]]'' issue 1145 September 1996 page 57</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/325139/response/803040/attach/3/LU%20Rolling%20Stock%20Unit%20formation%20asset%20list%202016.pdf |title= Rolling Stock Unit formations and Asset list|author= |date=31 March 2016 |website=What do they Know |publisher= |access-date=12 February 2021 |quote=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052223/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/325139/response/803040/attach/3/LU%20Rolling%20Stock%20Unit%20formation%20asset%20list%202016.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!TOPS Number
!LU Type
!LU Line
!Section
!Status
!Image
|-
|rowspan=2|499/0
|rowspan=2|[[London Underground D78 Stock|D78]]
|rowspan=3|[[District line|District]]
|[[Gunnersbury railway station|Gunnersbury]] to [[Richmond station (London)|Richmond]]
|rowspan=2|Withdrawn
|rowspan=2|[[File:D78 at Embankmemt.jpg|100px]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[East Putney tube station|East Putney]] to [[Wimbledon railway station|Wimbledon]]
|-
|499/1
|[[London Underground C69 and C77 Stock|C69/77]]
|Withdrawn
|[[File:Au Morandarte Flickr IMG 4800(1) (14374667563).jpg|100px]]
|-
|499/2
|[[London Underground 1972 Stock|1972]]
|[[Bakerloo line|Bakerloo]]
|[[Queen's Park (London) station|Queen's Park]] to [[Harrow & Wealdstone railway station|Harrow & Wealdstone]]
|In service
|[[File:1972 Stock at Kilburn High Road 1.jpg|100px]]
|-
|rowspan=2|499/5
|rowspan=2|[[London Underground S7 and S8 Stock|S7]]
|rowspan=2|District
|Gunnersbury to Richmond
|rowspan=2|In service
|rowspan=2|[[File:London Underground S7 Stock 21311 on District Line, Ealing Broadway (14280744997).jpg|100px]]
|-
|East Putney to Wimbledon
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{British Rail EMU}}

[[Category:British Rail electric multiple units|499]]
[[Category:Train-related introductions in 1958]]

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