The first new Island Line train - due in service in the spring - has safely arrived on the Isle of Wight.

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It travelled by lorry and ferry to get here yesterday. It hits the tracks early in the new year, after a long closure for improvement work on the line.

It is all part of a multi-million pounds modernisation programme.

If you missed the story yesterday, find it here...

Islanders spotted and snapped the new arrival yesterday - including a poignant photo that captured both the old and the new trains side-by-side, by Ben Rue.

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