class 503 unit
Enfield
Two iconic suburban electric units, built either side of World War II, operated
on their respective networks, hundreds of miles apart but both responsible for
millions of passenger journeys – and now the last survivors of their type! The
Southern 4-SUB and Class 503 Wirral units are now united under a single project
to conserve, restore and ultimately operate them for what they are, examples of
the everyday train from the 1940s through to the mid 1980s. These were the
trains that brought you home from days work, a shopping trip, a football match
and a night out. They were there for you for decades, unnoticed, unrecognised
and taken for granted. They were an everyday part of your life that has now
passed into history.
