Island Line Class 484

Discussion in 'Suggestions' started by wombey12, Jan 21, 2021.

  1. wombey12

    wombey12 New Member

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    The real-life Isle of Wight has recently withdrawn their Class 483s in favour of Class 484s, converted from D78 tube stock. It would be great if Dovetail could strike a deal with owners South Western Railway and add the new trains onto the Island Line.
     
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  2. Knightfire1964

    Knightfire1964 Well-Known Member

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    rivet have discussed this and to basically add this train to iow they would need to recreate the whole track like whats happening in real life
     
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  3. BlackTabby

    BlackTabby Active Member

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    I'm not really a fan of the Class 483, nor the Island Line, but I would like it better with the Class 484
     
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    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    The line is currently being altered to accommodate the Class 484 and it is therefore not appropriate to provide them for the existing IoW route. A whole new version would need to be created with all of the upcoming alterations as the Class 483 and 484 are of completely different profiles with the former being Tube stock and the latter more akin, although not identical, to mainline stock.
     
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