FLOODING on the Isle of Wight in early August led to further delays in the completion of a £26m upgrade for the Island Line.
Originally due to have been finished at the end of March, the project – funded by the Department for Transport, Solent Local Enterprise Partnership and Isle of Wight Council – is claimed to be the biggest infrastructure transformation since the line’s electrification in 1967, along with the introduction of a new fleet of five Class 484 electric units to replace the 82-year-old Class 483 sets.