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{{Use British English|date=February 2014}}
{{refimprove|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox train
| background = darkred
| name = British Rail Class 489 (GLV)
| image = 9107 at Wirksworth.jpg
| imagealt =
| imagesize = 300px
| caption = 489107 at {{rws|Wirksworth}} on 17 April 2003
| interiorimage =
| interiorimagealt =
| interiorcaption =
| service = 1984-2005<ref name=Longworth2015>{{harvnb|Longworth|2015|pp=87, 149-150}}</ref>
| manufacturer = [[British Rail]]
| ordernumber = 30452<ref name=Fox94-77>{{harvnb|Fox|1994|p=77}}</ref>
| factory = [[Ashford railway works|Ashford]]/[[Eastleigh Works|Eastleigh]]<ref name=Fox94-77 />
| family =
| replaced = [[British Rail Class 423#4Veg units|Class 427]]
| yearconstruction = {{ubl|1959 (original build)|1983-84 (conversion)<ref name=Fox94-77 />}}
| yearservice = 1984<ref name=Longworth2015 />
| refurbishment = [[British Rail Engineering Limited]] Eastleigh (conversion)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.semgonline.com/gallery/class489_1.html |title=GLV (Class 489) |work=Southern E-Group |access-date=21 February 2016}}</ref>
| yearscrapped =
| numberconstruction =
| numberbuilt = 10
| numberservice =
| numberpreserved = 4 sets
| numberscrapped = 3 sets.
| formation = Single car ({{abbr|DMLV|Driving Motor Luggage Van}})<ref name=Longworth2015 />
| diagram = EX561<ref name=BRB210>{{cite web |url=http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/Diagram_Book_210_for_Issue.pdf |title=Vehicle Diagram Book No.210 for Electrical Multiple Units (including A.P.T.) |at=EX561 |work=Barrowmore MRG |publisher=BRB Residuary Ltd. |access-date=21 February 2016 |archive-date=21 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121172506/http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/Diagram_Book_210_for_Issue.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| code = {{abbr|GLV|Gatwick Luggage Van}}
| fleetnumbers = {{ubl|(48)9101-(48)9110 (unit)|68500-68509 (car)<ref name=Longworth2015 />}}
| capacity = Luggage space only<ref name=TRC1 />
| operator = {{ubl|British Rail|[[Gatwick Express]]}}
| depots = [[Stewarts Lane]]<ref name=Fox94-77 />
| lines = [[Brighton Main Line]]
| carbody = [[Steel]]<ref name=BRB210 />
| trainlength =
| carlength = {{convert|63|ft|11+1/2|in|abbr=on|order=flip}} (over body)<ref name=BRB210 /><ref name=Longworth2015 />
| width = {{convert|9|ft|3+1/4|in|abbr=on|order=flip}}<ref name=Longworth2015 />
| height = {{convert|3.861|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=BRB210 />
| floorheight =
| platformheight =
| entrylevelorstep =
| doors = Twin-leaf [[Slam door|slam]]<ref name=TRC1>{{cite web |url=http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Recognition%20Tech%20Data%20EMU/EMU_488.html |title=Class 488, 489 |work=The Railway Centre |access-date=21 February 2016 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014062134/http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Recognition%20Tech%20Data%20EMU/EMU_488.html |archive-date=14 October 2007}}</ref>
| art-sections = Single car
| wheeldiameter =
| wheelbase = {{ubl|{{convert|14.173|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} (bogie centres)|{{convert|2.667|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} (cab-end bogie)|{{convert|2.591|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} (trailing bogie)<ref name=BRB210 />}}
| maxspeed = {{convert|90|mph|abbr=on}}<ref name=TRC1 />
| weight = {{convert|40.5|t|abbr=on}}<ref name=Fox94-77 />
| axleload =
| traction = Electric
| traction motors = 2 × [[English Electric|EE]]507 of {{convert|185|kW|abbr=on}}<ref name=Fox94-77 />
| poweroutput = {{convert|370|kW|abbr=on}}
| tractiveeffort =
| transmission =
| acceleration =
| deceleration =
| aux =
| powersupply =
| hvac = Electric<ref name=BRB210 />
| electricsystem = 660-750 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]] [[third rail]]<ref name=Longworth2015 />
| collectionmethod = [[Current collector#Contact shoe|Contact shoe]]
| uicclass =
| aarwheels =
| bogies = SR mk4 powered and unpowered (one of each)<ref name=BRB210 />
| brakes = [[Railway brake#Electropneumatic brakes|EP]]<ref name=BRB210 />
| safety =
| coupling = Automatic drophead [[Janney coupler|buckeye]]<ref name=BRB210 />
| multipleworking = 1951, 1957, 1963 and Gatwick Express stock<ref name=TRC1 />
| light = Originally tungsten,<ref name=BRB210 /> later halogen
| gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
| notes = Units converted in 1983-84 from [[British Rail Class 414|Class 414/3]] {{abbr|DMBS|Driving Motor Brake Second}} vehicles, to operate with [[British Rail Class 488|Class 488]].<ref name=Longworth2015 /><ref name=Fox94-77 />
}}

The '''British Rail Class 489''' ([[British Rail unit designations|GLV]]) [[electric multiple unit|electric multiple units]] were specially converted for use on [[Gatwick Express]] trains, from [[London Victoria station|London Victoria]] to [[Gatwick Airport railway station|Gatwick Airport]].

The units were converted from [[British Rail Class 414|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 train|push-pull]] operations, on the London-end of the rakes of [[British Rail Class 488|Class 488]] stock, with a [[British Rail Class 73|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 Railway (UK)|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.

==Operations==
Upon [[privatisation of British Rail]], the [[Gatwick Express]] franchise was won by [[National Express]].

===Gatwick Express===
Immediately after privatisation, the Class 489 fleet was exclusively used by Gatwick Express on all their London Victoria-Gatwick Airport shuttles. However, new units, in the form of [[British Rail Class 460|Class 460]] 'Juniper' units were built from 2000, with the aim of completely replacing the old stock. By 2002, sufficient new trains were in service to allow six Class 489 units to be removed from traffic, leaving four units retained as cover in case of failure of one of the new trains. Two of these subsequently withdrawn so that by the end of 2004, only two units (nos. 489104/110) were still in use, as reliability of the 'Juniper' units had not improved sufficiently to totally replace all the old trains. They were finally withdrawn in 2005, following improvements to the "Juniper" fleet reliability.

===Other operators===
Since finishing with Gatwick Express, several units have been sold to other operators.

====Network Rail====
[[Network Rail]] have purchased four units, 489102, 489105, 489106 and 489109. They were stored for several years, but were returned to use in early-2006 as deicing and load-bank vehicles.

==Preservation==
Four units have been preserved on [[heritage railway]]s. Two of the units were donated by [[Porterbrook|Porterbrook Leasing]] in 2003 to the [[Ecclesbourne Valley Railway]] in [[Derbyshire]], which now uses one as a buffet car and the other a museum. The final two units in use with Gatwick Express were preserved in early 2006.
*489101 (68500) - Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
*489104 (68503) - [[Spa Valley Railway]]
*489107 (68506) - Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
*489110 (68509) - [[Barry Tourist Railway]]
Another unit, 489108, was bought by a private owner for preservation at [[Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre]], but it was sent for scrap in May 2009.

==Fleet status==
The final Gatwick Express units were withdrawn in 2005. Both of these units (nos. 489104/110) had been withdrawn in 2000 and 2001 respectively, but were overhauled and returned to use in 2002. They replaced units 489103/108, which were withdrawn from traffic as they were due overhaul.

Network Rail returned its two units to service in 2006, following a period in store.

The current status of the fleet is shown below.

{| class="wikitable"
!Key:
|In service
|style="background-color:#FFC0CB"|Withdrawn
|style="background-color:#87CEFA"|Preserved
|style="background-color:#CECECE"|Scrapped
|}
<br>
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2|Unit no.
!colspan=2|Vehicle nos.
!rowspan=2 align=left|Operator
!rowspan=2|Withdrawn
!rowspan=2 align=left|Status
|-
!width=65|DMLV
!width=65|<small>ex-DMBSO</small>
|-
|style="background-color:#87CEFA" align=center|489101
|style="background-color:#87CEFA" align=center|68500
|style="background-color:#87CEFA" align=center|61269
|style="background-color:#87CEFA" align=left|Gatwick Express
|style="background-color:#87CEFA" align=center|2002
|style="background-color:#87CEFA" align=left|Preserved
|-
|align=center|489102
|align=center|68501
|align=center|61281
|align=left|Arlington Fleet Group Ltd
|align=center|-
|align=left|In service as de-icing unit (stored 2000-06) now translator vehicle and barrier coach.
|-
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=center|489103
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=center|68502
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=center|61274
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=left|Gatwick Express
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=center|2002
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=left|Scrapped (2003)
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|489104
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|68503
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|61277
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=left|Gatwick Express
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|2005
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=left|Preserved
|-
|align=center|489105
|align=center|68504
|align=center|61286
|align=left|Arlington Fleet Group Ltd
|align=center|-
|align=left|In service as a translator unit/barrier coach.
|-
|align=center|489106
|align=center|68505
|align=center|61299
|align=left|Network Rail
|align=center|-
|align=left|In service as de-icing unit
|-
|style="background-color:#87CEFA" align=center|489107
|style="background-color:#87CEFA" align=center|68506
|style="background-color:#87CEFA" align=center|61292
|style="background-color:#87CEFA" align=left|Gatwick Express
|style="background-color:#87CEFA" align=center|2002
|style="background-color:#87CEFA" align=left|Preserved
|-
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=center|489108
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=center|68507
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=center|61267
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=left|Gatwick Express
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=center|2003
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=left|Scrapped (2009)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rcts.org.uk/features/preservedcoaches/PcsbraC02.pdf |title=Preserved Coaching Stock of British Railways: Amendment sheet number 102 |date=May 2009 |work=RCTS |access-date=21 February 2016 |archive-date=2 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302083903/https://www.rcts.org.uk/features/preservedcoaches/PcsbraC02.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=center|489109
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=center|68508
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=center|61272
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=left|Network Rail
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=center|-
|style="background-color:#CECECE" align=left|Scrapped at Eastleigh Works (August 2012)
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|489110
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|68509
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|61280
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=left|Gatwick Express
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|2005
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=left|Preserved
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

===Sources===
{{commons category|British Rail Class 489}}
*{{cite book|title=Electric Multiple Units|series=British Railways Pocket Book No.4|page=9|first=Peter|last=Fox|publisher=Platform 5|edition=7th|year=1994|isbn=9781872524603}}
*{{cite book|title=British Railways Electric Multiple Units to 1975|first=Hugh|last=Longworth|publisher=Oxford Publishing Co.|year=2015|isbn=9780860936688|oclc=923205678}}

{{British Rail EMU}}

[[Category:British Rail electric multiple units|489]]
[[Category:Non-passenger multiple units]]
[[Category:Train-related introductions in 1984]]
[[Category:750 V DC multiple units]]

British Rail Class 489 - Revision history

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