London Underground rolling stock

The history of the vehicles of the London Underground is as complicated as the history of the subway itself since the opening of the first track in January 1863 a variety of different types of trains was used.

Classification

There are two different types of lines on the London Underground network. First, the built in open cut "Subsurface " lines on which the trains have a similar gauge such as railway trains, and secondly, the " tube" tube sheets, which are significantly lower and rounded. Both types have the standard gauge of 1435 mm.

The designation of each type depends on the type of line on which the trains:

  • Vehicles of Tube Lines ( engl. "Tube Stock " ) are designated by the year in which they were appointed for the first time, for example, " 1992 ( Tube ) Stock ".
  • Features of the sub-surface lines (English " sub-surface floor" ) are identified by a letter, supplemented in some types with the short form of the year of first order, eg " D78 Stock ".

Train composition

Features of today's series are usually formed of two or three units. The individual units set in this case from two to four cars together, while there are the following types of cars:

All vehicles offer the possibility space for passengers; this was partially or otherwise in earlier vehicles.

Numbering

Each car has it's own car number. For cars that are coupled to a tractor, the last two characters are identical. Numbers are not used for all traits. The numbers were assigned in the course of time according to various criteria. For this reason, no system can be seen in the current fleet list.

Types of cars

Tube Stock

Sub-surface floor

At present, only the C69/C77, D78 and S Stock in service

  • A Stock ( saloon floor)
  • Set of identical A62 A60 floor and floor ( Metropolitan Line, East London Line), out of service
  • B Stock (Metropolitan District Railway )
  • C Stock (Metropolitan District Railway )
  • C69 floor and C77 of identical floor ( Circle Line, District Line and Hammersmith & City Line )
  • D Stock (Metropolitan District Railway )
  • D78 Stock ( District Line )
  • E Stock (Metropolitan District Railway )
  • F Stock ( District Railway ), known feature is the oval front window
  • G Stock ( later rebuilt in Q23 floor), called " Horsebox ". Two cars had a driver's cab at each end, and drove on the South Acton Branch.
  • H Stock ( the H stands for Handworked, the doors had to be operated by hand )
  • K floor ( later rebuilt in Q27 floor)
  • L Stock ( later rebuilt in Q31 floor)
  • M floor ( later rebuilt in Q35 floor)
  • O Stock " Metadyne floor" ( Metropolitan Railway)
  • P Stock
  • Q38 floor ( the only new Q floor)
  • R Stock ( District Line ), some trains were unpainted and had a red trim
  • S Stock ( initially Metropolitan Line, later all sub-surface lines) successor to the A60/62 floor, C69/77 Stock and D78 Stock
  • T Stock (Metropolitan Railway ), some cars were normal before the rebuild cars
Northern Line Bakerloo Line Piccadilly Line Central Line London Underground 1967 Stock Victoria Line London Underground 1972 Stock London Underground 1973 Stock London Underground 1983 Stock Jubilee Line London Underground 1995 Stock London Underground 1996 Stock Circle line (London Underground) London Underground D78 Stock London Underground S7 and S8 Stock Island Line (Isle of Wight)
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