British Rail Class 499 (TLV)

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox EMU
| name = British Rail Class 499
| image =
| imagesize = 300px
| caption =
| background = #B1004D
| manufacturer = BR Eastleigh
| formation = single car
| numberbuilt = 6
| service = 1958
| weight =
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| maxspeed = {{convert|90|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on}}
| brakes =
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| 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]] and [[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}}
After 1994, [[Railtrack]] allocated '''Class 499''' to identify [[London Underground]] [[electric multiple unit]]s used on its lines, in particular the sets used on the [[Bakerloo line]] services to [[Harrow & Wealdstone station|Harrow and Wealdstone]]. However, this did not involve any renumbering of the actual stock involved, and was merely for electronic records. {{As of|October 2015}}, there are currently two LU services that operate on routes owned and maintained by [[Network Rail]]:

* [[Bakerloo line]] - [[Queen's Park (London) station|Queen's Park]] to {{stn|Harrow & Wealdstone}} ([[London Underground 1972 Stock|1972 Stock]])
* Subclass 499/5: [[District line]] - [[Richmond (London) station|Richmond]] to {{stn|Gunnersbury}} ([[London Underground S7 and S8 Stock|S7 Stock]])

{{British Rail EMU}}

==External links==
*[http://www.bloodandcustard.com/tlv001.html History of the BR(S) TLVs]

[[Category:British Rail electric multiple units|499]]
[[Category:Scrapped locomotives]]

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