A former Island Line tube train has left its tracks for the final time, to make the short trip to its new home at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.

Veteran 483007, built in 1940 for the London Underground, is now part of the attraction's Train Story exhibit.

The former Island Line trains were already the oldest on the national network when they arrived here in 1989.

In January, they retired from the Ryde to Shanklin line, after 80 years of service.

This one was donated to the Steam Railway by South Western Railway, ensuring that it will be preserved for future generations.

The train made its final journey along the Island Line from Ryde to Sandown on Wednesday evening.

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It travelled by road to the Steam Railway at Havenstreet.

Unit 007 is now on display in the Railway’s Train Story Discovery Centre.

Visitors will be able to get on board and learn more about the Island’s electric-railway era since 1967.

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General Manager Steve Backhouse said: “The Class 483 units have an important place in the Island’s railway history, so it’s very

appropriate that an example is preserved here at Havenstreet.

“Preserving an electric train is a new chapter for the Steam Railway, however it’s interesting to note that unit 007 is actually a decade older than several of our

steam locomotives.”

The Railway now has a near complete collection of carriages from the Ryde to Shanklin line, ranging from those built new for the line’s opening in 1864 to the present day.