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'''4399''' is a former '''BR Mark 1 Tourist Standard Open''' (TSO). The As built, these ‘Open Second’ seats Seconds’ seat 64 passengers at tables, with three cross-vestibules to enable speedier loading and unloading of passengers. 4399 has been modified to become a wheelchair access coach, with 52 seats plus wheelchair space.
==4399 in service==
On 17 November 2017, 4399 made a return trip to Kidderminster to be turned for work on the second side. After what turned out to be the heaviest rebuild of a Mk1 coach in SVR history,<ref>[https://www.svrtrust.org.uk/index.php?page=BR%204399%20Mk1%20Tourist%20Second%20Open SVR Charitable Trust]</ref> it was conveyed to [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster works]] on 1 March 2019 for mechanical and body finishing and painting prior to release for traffic.<ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/gwr-progress-2019.html GWR 9581 (Formerly 5043) Wheelchair and Buffet Progress 2019, LNER Carriage Group website, 3 March 2019] (Retrieved 3 March 2019)</ref> On 23 July 2019 it was displayed in the dock at Kidderminster for a Charitable Trust event, finished in the early BR livery of crimson and cream as built. On 13 August it was marshalled into [[Carriages#Set_M | Set M]] ready for service, temporarily replacing [[BR 4690 Tourist Standard Open]] to allow it to have a repaint and repairs. 4399 normally runs in [[Carriages#Set_C | Set C]].
It had a repaint at Kidderminster in 2021<ref>SVR News 216, Winter 2021, p. 27</ref>.
==See also==
