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British Rail Class 489 (GLV)
489107 at Wirksworth Station on 17 April 2003. This unit is one of two preserved on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway in Derbyshire.
In service
1984-2005[1]
Manufacturer
British Rail
Order no.
30452[2]
Built at
Ashford/Eastleigh[2]
Replaced
Class 427
Constructed
1959 (original build)
1983-84 (conversion)[2]
Entered service
1984[1]
Refurbished
British Rail Engineering Limited Eastleigh (conversion)[3]
Number built
10
Number preserved
4 sets
Number scrapped
3 sets.
Formation
Single car (DMLV)[1]
Diagram
EX561[4]
Design code
GLV
Fleet numbers
(48)9101-(48)9110 (unit)
68500-68509 (car)[1]
Capacity
Luggage space only[5]
Operators
British Rail
Gatwick Express
Depots
Stewarts Lane[2]
Lines served
Brighton Main Line
Specifications
Car body construction
Steel[4]
Car length
19.495 m (63 ft 11+1⁄2 in) (over body)[4][1]
Width
2.826 m (9 ft 3+1⁄4 in)[1]
Height
3.861 m (12 ft 8 in)[4]
Doors
Twin-leaf slam[5]
Articulated sections
Single car
Wheelbase
14.173 m (46 ft 6 in) (bogie centres)
2.667 m (8 ft 9 in) (cab-end bogie)
2.591 m (8 ft 6 in) (trailing bogie)[4]
Maximum speed
90 mph (140 km/h)[5]
Weight
40.5 t (39.9 long tons; 44.6 short tons)[2]
Traction system
Electric
Traction motors
2 × EE507 of 185 kW (248 hp)[2]
Power output
370 kW (500 hp)
HVAC
Electric[4]
Electric system(s)
660-750 V DC third rail[1]
Current collector(s)
Contact shoe
Bogies
SR mk4 powered and unpowered (one of each)[4]
Braking system(s)
EP[4]
Coupling system
Automatic drophead buckeye[4]
Multiple working
1951, 1957, 1963 and Gatwick Express stock[5]
Headlight type
Originally tungsten,[4] later halogen
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Notes/references
Units converted in 1983-84 from Class 414/3 DMBS vehicles, to operate with Class 488.[1][2]
489104 passing through Clapham Junction on 19 July 2003. This unit was used on Gatwick Express services between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport until withdrawal in 2005.489108 at London Victoria on 18 March 2003. This unit carries the InterCity Gatwick Express livery.489110 at London Victoria on 18 March 2003. This is one of the final two units in service with Gatwick Express.
The British Rail Class 489 (GLV) is a type of electric multiple unit, specially converted for use on Gatwick Express trains, from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport.
The units were converted from Class 414 driving motors cars, by Eastleigh Works in 1983-84, for use on the new Gatwick Express service. They were used to allow push-pull operations, on the London-end of the rakes of Class 488 stock, with a Class 73 locomotive at the other end and both used for propulsion. The units were used as baggage cars.
Units were given unit numbers in the range 489101-489110, with individual carriages numbered 68500-68509. However, purely for aesthetic purposes, only the last four digits of the set numbers were shown, to fit with the traditional Southern style (maintained until privatisation by British Rail's Southern region) - older (pre-TOPS) units were originally assigned four-digit numbers. The units were originally painted in BR Blue/Grey livery, which was quickly replaced by InterCity livery. The final livery carried by these units is a variation of the InterCity livery, with a claret stripe and Gatwick Express lettering.
^ abcdefghLongworth 2015, pp. 87, 149–150
^ abcdefgFox 1994, p. 77
^"GLV (Class 489)". Southern E-Group. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
^ abcdefghij"Vehicle Diagram Book No.210 for Electrical Multiple Units (including A.P.T.)" (PDF). Barrowmore MRG. BRB Residuary Ltd. EX561. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
^ abcd"Class 488, 489". The Railway Centre. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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