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Surface stock
Surface stock

Surface stock

A1903 surface stock

The A03 stock operated on the Metropolitan District Railway between 1903 and 1925, these where used as an experiment for the introduction of electric trains

1903 - 1923 District line

B1905, C1911, D1912, E1914 & surface stock

The B05, C11, D12 and E14 stocks where introduced to the District Railway between 1905 and 1914, many of these ran until the late 1940s

1905 - 1958 District line

Metropolitan Loco

The Metropolitan Locomotive where the first electric trains to run on the Metropolitan Railway and operated between 1906 and 1962

1906 - 1962 Metropolitan line

F1920/1921 surface stock

The F20/1 stock or ’dreadnoughts’ operated on the District Railway between 1920 and 1950/51 transferred to the Metropolitan Railway and operated until 1963

1921 - 1963 District line
1951 - 1963 Metropolitan line

G1923, K1927, L1932, M1935 & N1935 surface stock

The G23, K27, L32, M35, N35 stocks where introduced to the District line between 1921 and 1935. These where subsequently refurbished and became the ’Q’ stock

1923 - 1935 District line

Q1923/1927/1931/1935 surface stock

The Q stock operated on the District line and comprised of refurbished G23, K27, L32, M35, N35 and some ‘H’ stock. These operated from 1938 until 1971

1938 - 1971 District line

T1927 surface stock

The T27 stock was introduced to the Metropolitan line in 1927 and operated until 1962

1951 - 1963 Metropolitan line

CO, O, P, CP & P1 surface stock

The O, P and P1 stocks operated to the Metropolitan and Hammersmith and City lines. These converted to the CO and CP stocks, later transferred to District line

1937 - 1981 District line
1927 - 1980 Hammersmith & City line
1937 - 1980 Circle line
1939 - 1960s Metropolitan line

R1947/1949/1959 surface stock

The R47/49/59 stock operated on the District line between 1949 and 1983

1938 - 1983 District line

A1960/1962 surface stock

The A60/62 stock operated on the Metropolitan line between 1961 and 2012, these where superseded by the S8 stock

1960 - 2012 Metropolitan line

C1969/1977 surface stock

The C69/77 stock operated on the Circle, District and Hammersmith and City lines between 1970 and 2014, these where superseded by the S7 stock

1970 - 2014 Hammersmith & City line
1970 - 2014 Circle line
1978 - 2014 District line

D1978 surface stock

The D78 stock operated on the District line between 1980 and 2017, these where superseded by the S7 stock

1980 - 2017 District line

S7/8 surface stock

The S7/8 stock currently operates on the Circle, District, Hammersmith and City and Metropolitan lines, they have been in operation since 2010

2010 - today Metropolitan line
2012 - today Hammersmith & City line
2013 - today Circle line
2013 - today District line

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