Vivarail trains for Isle of Wight as part of £26m investment
THE unique Island Line will remain a heavy rail-operated route thanks to an investment worth £26million to cover new trains, a new passing loop, new platform height, and other infrastructure changes.
The news comes at the end of a four-and-a-half year battle by campaigners to save the quirky 8½-mile line.
The package of improvements was confirmed in a ministerial announcement at Brading station on September 16.
Vivarail will supply five two-car Class 484 third rail-powered
