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Underground Trains

• 1938 tube stock on the Isle of Wight – A study of these veteran units now at work on the Isle of Wight. (Updated 17 June 2008)

• 1959 tube stock – Old Northern Line trains: noisy, charactered and ancient, a handful of these trains made it into 2000: the last was withdrawn on Thursday 27 January 2000. (Amendment 15 May 2011)

  • The last day of the 1959 Tube Stock is an account of the final hours of the era.

  • “Heritage” 1959-stock train — partly now in preservation. (Amendment 15 May 2011)

• 1960 tube stock – The remaining example is preserved and privately-owned, and comes out to play from time to time. (Updated 16 July 2008)

• 1962 tube stock – Old Central Line stock (some units worked on the Northern Line afterwards until 1999). A handful of units now on special duties around the system, plus one in preservation. (Revised 16 July 2008)

• 1967 tube stock – Old Victoria Line trains which drove themselves. Now all withdrawn for scrap, and replaced by the 2009 tube stock. (Addition 31 July 2006)

• 1972 MkI tube stock – Many of these are withdrawn ex-Northern Line trains, gone for scrap; some cars and units were refurbished and are in service on the Victoria & Bakerloo Lines. (Updated 17 July 2010)

• 1972 MkII tube stock – Bakerloo Line trains, outwardly similar to the old Victoria Line stock. (Updated and further new photos on 31 July 2006)

• 1973 tube stock – The refurbished Piccadilly Line fleet. (Revised and photos added 17 August 2008)

• 1983 tube stock – Some of these lasted just 9½ years in service on the Jubilee Line, and they’re all junk now. (New photos 28 June 2006)

• 1992 tube stock – The self-driving Central Line trains, plus the near-identical Waterloo & City Line stock. (Updated 27 June 2008)

• 1995 tube stock – The Northern Line fleet.

• 1996 tube stock – The Jubilee Line fleet, which now drives itself throughout the line. (Updated 17 July 2011)

• 2009 tube stock – The Victoria Line’s brand-new fleet of trains which drive themselves. (awaiting page)

Subsurface Stock:

• A60/62 stock – Fully-refurbished trains dating from 1960, now into their twilight years working the Metropolitan Line. The scrapping programme has begun. (Revised 18 July 2010)

• C69/77 stock – High-capacity trains for the Circle and Hammersmith Lines, plus all District Line services that run to Edgware Road.

• D78 stock – District Line trains (except for running between High Street Kensington and Edgware Road), freshly refurbished.

• S stock – The new generic Subsurface stock which has already begun to replace the A60/62 stock on the Metropolitan Line (8-car trains), and is being prepared for use on the Circle/District/Hammersmith & City Lines (7-car trains). (awaiting page)

Other Stock:

• Engineering & Heritage stock – features battery and Schoma diesel locos, Sarah Siddons, ancient sleet loco, and the Track Recording Train.