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Technical Drawings - Class 487

Request ID: FOI-2806-2223
Date published: 23 February 2023

You asked
Dear Sir or Madam, I'd like to request technical drawings of the Class 487 EMU which worked in service on the Waterloo & City line. Both drawings of the body and the undercarriage would be nice. I would use them for 3D-printing a scale model. Since the units were phased out before the takeover of the Waterloo & City line by TfL, do you even have technical information on the trains? I saw one restored motor car in the Museum's Acton depot on a TV show and hoped you may have some drawings. Thanks for your help!

We answered

TfL Ref: 2806-2223

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 31 January 2023 asking for information about various technical London Underground train diagrams.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. You asked for:

technical drawings of the Class 487 EMU which worked in service on the Waterloo & City line. Both drawings of the body and the undercarriage would be nice. 

I would use them for 3D-printing a scale model.

Since the units were phased out before the takeover of the Waterloo & City line by TfL, do you even have technical information on the trains? I saw one restored motor car in the Museum's Acton depot on a TV show and hoped you may have some drawings.

Unfortunately, we do not hold copies of these particular drawings. However, there is a description of this rolling stock that is published via the following link to the London Transport Museum website, which may be of interest: https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/vehicles/item/2006-4302

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely


Jasmine Howard
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

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