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Drone Image Shows Extent Of Shanklin Railway Line Improvement Works

Photo by Ben Rue. Twitter: @PhotographyRue

A drone image has captured the extensive improvement works being carried out on the railway line at Shanklin.

Island Line is currently suspended while works are carried out on the track between Shanklin and Ryde, ahead of the introduction of new Class 484 trains.

It's all part of a £26 million overhaul of the network, funded primarily from the Department for Transport (£25 million), with support from Isle of Wight Council (£300,000) and Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) (£700,000).

New trains will replace the existing 82-year old Class 483 fleet, which were originally built in 1938 for the London Underground and served Island Line since the late 1980s.

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