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British Rail Class 484
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Metro-Cammell· from 2021· British EMU made and used in the UK
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 484001 Shanklin: Peter Skuce· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. SWR 484 003 @ Ryde Esplanade - cropped: Skye Haynes· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 484 D-Train is a class of electric multiple unit built by rolling stock manufacturer Vivarail which operates on the Island Line on the Isle of Wight. Based on the British Rail Class 230 diesel multiple unit, the units are part of the Vivarail D-Train family, converted from London Underground D78 Stock originally manufactured in the late 1970s and early 1980s by Metro-Cammell. Five units have been converted for the Island Line to replace the Class 483 sets, with the first delivered for testing in late 2020 and the second in May 2021.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 5 years ago, in 2021.
- 37.3 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2021
- in service from
- 2021
- status
- in service
- number built
- 5
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Metro-Cammell, London Underground D78 Stock, Vivarail
- operators
- Island Line Trains
- top speed
- 72 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 2 cars per unit
- length
- 37.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q67813016, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 484 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.