British Rail Class 499 (Luggage Van)

Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox EMU 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.<ref name=TRM>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

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