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London Underground trains come in two sizes, larger sub-surface trains and smaller deep-tube trains. [125] Since the early 1960s all passenger trains have been electric multiple units with sliding doors [ 126 ] and a train last ran with a guard in 2000. [ 127 ]
The railway infrastructure of the London Underground includes 11 lines, with 272 stations.There are two types of line on the London Underground: services that run on the sub-surface network just below the surface using larger trains, and the deep-level tube lines, that are mostly self-contained and use smaller trains.
As of January 2021, these were the oldest operating passenger trains on the entire national railway network, having entered service on London Underground in 1938. In September 2019, it was announced that the remaining Class 483 trains would be replaced beginning in the summer of 2020 by a fleet of five newly procured units.
London Underground trains come in two sizes, larger sub-surface trains and smaller deep-tube trains. [1] Since the early 1960s all passenger trains have been electric multiple units (EMUs) with sliding doors. [2]: 159 A train last ran with a guard in 2000.
The Piccadilly line is to be upgraded under the New Tube for London scheme, involving new trains as well as new signalling, increasing the line's capacity by some 24 per cent and reducing journey times by one fifth. [254] Bids for new rolling stock were originally submitted in 2008.
The London Underground 1962 Stock was a type of London Underground tube train built for use on the Central line.They were used on the Central line between 1962 and 1995, with some later being transferred to the Northern line where they were used until 1999.
The annual No Trousers Tube Ride event has returned in colourful fashion as people stripped down to their underwear and hopped on the London Underground. Hordes of bare legs were seen at Newport ...
The London Underground D78 Stock, commonly referred to as D Stock, was a type of sub-surface rolling stock which operated on the District line of the London Underground, except on the Wimbledon to Edgware Road service. The first units were withdrawn in January 2015 with the last withdrawn on 21 April 2017.