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[[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).
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| formation =  single car
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| service =  1958
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[[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.
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.
 
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|68201
|68201
|80915
|80915
|975611
|ADB975611
|In service
|rowspan=3|Scrapped in 2011
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|-
|68202
|68202
|80918
|80918
|975613
|ADB975613
|In service
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|-
|68203
|68203
|80922
|80922
|975612
|ADB975612
|In service
|-
|-
|68204
|68204
|80925
|80925
|975614
|ADB975614
|Scrapped (1996)
|rowspan=2|Scrapped in 1996
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|-
|68205
|68205
|80942
|80942
|975610
|ADB975610
|Scrapped (1996)
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|68206
|68206
|80951
|80951
|975615
|ADB975615
|In service
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==Registered London Underground Stock==
[[TOPS]] class 499 was subsequently reused for [[British Rail Class 499 (London Underground)|London Underground rolling stock that needed to operate on main line tracks]].<ref name=TRM>"LUL stock given TOPS numbers" ''[[The Railway Magazine]]''. No. 1145. September 1996. p. 27.</ref>
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.


{{British Rail EMU}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:British Rail electric multiple units|499]]
[[Category:British Rail electric multiple units|499]]
 
[[Category:Train-related introductions in 1968]]
[[simple:British Rail Class 499]]

Latest revision as of 22:00, 5 October 2026

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 Southern Region class TLV (meaning Trailer Luggage Van).

They were converted from former Brake Gangwayed (BG) vehicles in 1968 to supplement the 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 432 and 491 units from York Works, they were all taken into departmental stock initially as stores vans, but later as breakdown train tool vans.

Number Status
As EMU Previous Departmental
68201 80915 ADB975611 Scrapped in 2011
68202 80918 ADB975613
68203 80922 ADB975612
68204 80925 ADB975614 Scrapped in 1996
68205 80942 ADB975610
68206 80951 ADB975615 Scrapped in 2008

TOPS class 499 was subsequently reused for London Underground rolling stock that needed to operate on main line tracks.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "LUL stock given TOPS numbers" The Railway Magazine. No. 1145. September 1996. p. 27.
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