London Underground rolling stock

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Underground trains come in two sizes, larger sub-surface trains and smaller tube trains. A Metropolitan Line A Stock train (left) passes a Piccadilly Line 1973 Stock train (right) in the siding at Rayners Lane

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The history of London Underground's rolling stock is as complex as the history of the network itself. A wide variety of types have been operated, from the early days of steam locomotives and carriages through to today's electric multiple units. The different types used are listed here.

• Note: Stock shown in red has been withdrawn from traffic.

• For details of the numbering and classification systems used, see: London Underground rolling stock numbering and classification

[edit] Locomotives

• Steam locomotives — withdrawn by 1971
• Electric locomotives — withdrawn from passenger service by 1962
• Diesel locomotives — DL81-DL83 — withdrawn from service
• Battery-electric locomotives — still in service

[edit] Hauled carriages

• Coaching stock — Former-BR coaching stock used for special-services on Metropolitan Line

[edit] Electric multiple units

[edit] Current stock

[edit] Tube stock

This is the general designation applied to the trains specially designed to run in the restricted space available in the tunnels used on part or all of the Bakerloo, Central, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria and Jubilee Lines. The dimensions vary between individual designs but the common feature is the ability to run through a circular tunnel of approximately 13ft/4m diameter (the precise tunnel size varying between lines).

• 1900 Stock (Central London Railway Gate Stock, originally locomotive hauled cars - locomotives scrapped 1905, two lasting until 1929. Cars reworked to form trains of 1903 stock)
• 1903 Stock (Central London Railway Gate Stock - withdrawn 1939)
• 1906 Stock (Bakerloo, Northern, Piccadilly Gate Stock - withdrawn 1929, Aldwych shuttle stock survived until 1956)
• 1914 Stock (Bakerloo Lines - withdrawn 1935)
• 1915 Stock (Central Lines - withdrawn 1939)
• Watford Joint Stock (Bakerloo Lines - withdrawn 1935)
• 1920 Stock (Bakerloo, Piccadilly Lines - withdrawn 1935)
• Standard Stock (Standard tube stock design built 1922-34, first withdrawals 1961, final withdrawal from LT 1967)
• 1935 Stock (Streamline Prototype - withdrawn 1976 after running as an articulated engineering prototype from 1972)
• 1938 Stock (Bakerloo & Northern Lines) — withdrawn in 1988
• 1949 Stock (Bakerloo, Northern, Piccadilly Lines) — withdrawn between 1972 and 1978
• 1956 Stock (Bakerloo, Northern & Piccadilly Lines) — withdrawn in 2000
• 1959 Stock (Bakerloo, Northern & Piccadilly Lines) — withdrawn in 2000
• 1960 Stock (Central Line - Prototype) — withdrawn by 1994
• 1962 Stock (Northern Line) — withdrawn in 1999
• 1967 Stock (Victoria Line) — withdrawn in 2010
• 1972 Stock (Bakerloo Line) — remains in service
• 1973 Stock (Piccadilly Line) — remains in service
• 1983 Stock (Jubilee Line) — withdrawn in 1998
• 1986 Stock (Central Line - Prototype) — withdrawn by 1992
• 1992 Stock (Central and Waterloo & City Lines) — remains in service
• 1995 Stock (Northern Line) — remains in service
• 1996 Stock (Jubilee Line) — remains in service
• 2009 Stock (Victoria Line) — entering service
• 2014 Stock (Piccadilly Line) – on order, to enter service from 2014^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Sub-surface stock

This is the general designation (also known more simply as "Surface Stock") of the Underground trains constructed to width and height dimensions closer to those commonly used for railway vehicles in Great Britain, although in some cases (e.g. A60/62 stock) they slightly exceed various standard dimensions or clearances. They are used for services on lines which currently share, or have previously shared, use with non-Underground trains and where no section required the use of smaller diameter "tube" tunnels.

• A Stock (Metropolitan District Railway - Prototype - withdrawn 1925)
• B Stock (Metropolitan District Railway - withdrawn between 1923 to 1935)
• C Stock (Metropolitan District Railway - rebuilt 1928, withdrawn 1949)
• D Stock (Metropolitan District Railway - rebuilt 1928, withdrawn 1949)
• E Stock (Metropolitan District Railway - rebuilt 1928, withdrawn 1949)
• F Stock (Circle, H&C - withdrawn 1963)
• G Stock (later G23 and Q23 Stock) (District Line - withdrawn 1960-62)
• H Stock (rebuilt B stock cars - withdrawn between 1923 to 1935)
• K Stock (later Q27 Stock (District Line - converted to and classified as Q Stock in 1937, first withdrawals 1962 withdrawn by 1972)
• L Stock (later Q31 Stock (District Line - converted to and classified as Q Stock in 1937, first withdrawals 1962 withdrawn by 1972)
• M Stock (later Q35 Stock) (District Line - converted to and classified as Q Stock in 1937, first withdrawals 1962 withdrawn by 1972)
• N Stock (later Q35 Stock) (District Line - converted to and classified as Q Stock in 1937, first withdrawals 1962 withdrawn by 1972)
• O/P Stock (later CO/CP stock (Metropolitan Line) — withdrawn by 1981
• Q38 Stock (District Line) — withdrawn by 1971
• R38 and R49 Stock (District Line) — withdrawn by 1983
• T Stock (Metropolitan Railway) — withdrawn by 1962
• A60 and A62 Stock (Metropolitan Line and East London Line) — withdrawn by 2013
• C69 and C77 Stock (Circle, District and H&C) — remains in service
• D78 Stock (District Line) — remains in service
• S Stock (Metropolitan Line) — in service from 2010

[edit] Engineering trains

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• Departmental stock — Former units converted for various departmental roles
• Engineering stock

[edit] Digital Voice Announcer (DVA)

On London Underground, all but the A stocks have automated DVAs fitted.

The Sub-Surface Lines all share the same characteristics: style, format and voice.

The BVC lines are all voiced by Emma Clarke and share similar characteristics but in different formats. These lines additionally have some form of audio announcement when doors are closing whether it be "Please stand clear of the doors" (Bakerloo Line) or "This is a Central Line train to... (Central Line)

The JNP lines all use different voice over artists. The 1995 and 1996 are similar in style and they share the same "This train terminates at...." characteristic. The Piccadilly Line uses a different format altogether, "This is Green Park, change here for the Jubilee and Victoria Lines, this is a Piccadilly Line service to Cockfosters, please mind the gap between the train and the platform".

Stocks such as the 1967 have had to change some of the announcements recently to fit in with the new London Overground and St. Pancras International.