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  London Underground rolling stock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The history of London Underground's rolling stock is as complicated as the history of the network itself.
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.
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.
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 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: London Underground Rolling Stock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
There are two distinct types of line on the London Underground, the sub-surface lines (the earlier lines built on the cut-and-cover method and which use trains that are more or less the same size as those on the national railway network) and the deep-level 'Tube' lines.
Zones 1 to 6 cover all of Greater London and a few extra stations; the remaining zones are named A, B, C and D, of which zone D is the most remote and consists of Amersham and Chesham out in the Chiltern Hills on the Metropolitan Line.
An innovation on the D Stock was the introduction of automatic flow cut-off valves at the car ends and the duplication of the inter-car connecting pipes which combine to prevent the loss of pressure in one pipe from disabling the train.
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 London Underground R Stock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The R38 and R49 Stock was built for the District Line in 1938 and 1952 respectively.
The R38 stock was rebuilt from war-damaged Q38 stock in 1950, whilst the R49 stock were built new, and were the first London Underground trains built with the traditional aluminium finish.
The final units were withdrawn in 1983, after they were replaced by the new D78 Stock.
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 Underground Dictionary
A Stock - The original A Stock was built for the District in 1903 as the test for the electrification of the line and which were used on the Ealing and South Harrow line.
It was very similar to the O Stock except that it had the guards controls in the passenger saloon, as on other Underground stocks.
C Stock, A Stock, 1967 and 1972 Tube Stocks need both selector (still called the reverser key in the case of the A Stock) and control keys.
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 London Underground - London Underground   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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The company responsible for maintaining and upgrading nine of the twelve lineson the London Underground network, and their associated stations.
On what might be the hottest day of the year so far in London, I thought I'd brighten your day with a post about coffin transportation on the London Underground.
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 London Underground - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about London Underground   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The London Underground is still the world's longest subway, with over 250 mi/400 km of routes.
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This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 Rolling Stock - Transport for London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The fleet of 75 six-car all aluminium D78 stock was introduced in stages between 16/01/1980 and 1983.
The D78 stock also saw the introduction of a new type of bogie.
The “Dstock is currently the oldest stock running on the Underground that has not been refurbished, but plans were being advanced during 2002 with the public being invited to comment upon a prototype refurbished carriage before a package of work is instigated.
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 London Underground - Dvd Home Theater System   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 [uk.transport.london] Frequently Asked Questions
East London The East London Line is eight km (five miles) in length and serves seven stations (eight in peak periods) between Whitechapel (Shoreditch in peak periods and on Sunday mornings) and New Cross or New Cross Gate.
Common to all the lines on the London Underground is both the gauge of the tracks, which is the standard 1,432mm (4 ft 8.5 in), and the electric supply system, 630 volts dc (direct current) with separate positive and negative rails.
Underground and National Railways Safety [Source: The uk.railway FAQ (www.railinfo.freeserve.co.uk/faq/)] You should never touch the third rail or an overhead lines.
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 London Underground D78 Subsurface Stock: A LEGO® creation by David Tabner : MOCpages.com
It is subsurface rather than tube stock; this means that it in larger tunnels closer to the surface and on open-air routes.
The ‘D’ means it was subsurface stock (and coincidentally intended for the District line) which is lettered alpabetically by class and ‘78’ represents the planned in-service year.
When the A stock on the East London line was withdrawn for refurbishment in the mid ‘80s D stock DM-T-DM units were used on that line as single unit trains.
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 SQUAREWHEELS.org.uk - `D' subsurface stock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
These sub-surface stock trains operate the main District Line services, between Upminster and Wimbledon, Richmond, and Ealing Broadway; one train is also used on the shuttle service from High Street Kensington via Earls Court to Kensington (Olympia).
The trains are unique amongst sub-surface stock in having bogies which have the smaller wheels of tube stock: their bogies are the same as those on the
This process, which has already been applied to all other pre-1990-vintage Underground stocks, will include painting them in the London Underground corporate livery and doing away with the slatted maple-wood flooring; also, the bobble-on-a-spring "straphanger" will become a thing of the past.
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 London Underground 1995 Tube Stock: A LEGO® creation by David Tabner : MOCpages.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The 1995 Tube Stock was built by GEC Aslthom Metro Cammell (now Alstom) as part of the PFI (priviate finance initiative) for the London Underground on a 25 year lease.
And; I’ve had to mix dark grey and dark bluish grey, the former is used on the roofs and floors of the cars while the latter is used in the car ends due to the 1x2x2 plane windows and 1x2x3 train windows only being available in the newer dark (bluish) grey.
One important factor in the design and construction of this train was the height contstraint due to the shape and size of all tube stocks and the tunnels the run in.
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 London Underground - Usher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 SkyscraperCity Forums - London Underground Trains
London Underground has a lot of character, despite some of the cut/cover stock looking very old, like tin boxes (I have a thing against those New-York-style trains).
The 1992 Stock was built by BREL (British Rail Engineering Ltd) in Yorkshire (either Doncaster or Sheffield, I forget) and the 1995 and 1996 stocks were built by GEC Alsthom in Birmingham, who bought Metro-Camell a few years back.
All other stocks have been refurbished to the same much more cheerful standards, except the D78 stock which is just about to start being delivered back to us refurbished.
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 London Underground - Fashion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 Rolling Stock - Transport for London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
88 new trains of 1973 stock were built by Metro-Cammell and delivered during the mid 1970s for the Piccadilly Line, in connection with the increase'D' stock required for the extension from Hounslow West to Heathrow.
The cars are longer than normal Tube stock, a six car train is 350ft (107.6m) long which is only 17ft (5.23m) shorter than the seven car trains they replaced.
The advantages are that there are fewer bogies per train, and therefore less cost, a saving in weight and noise and a greater degree of comfort.
www.tfl.gov.uk /tube/using/useful-info/technical/rolling/1973.asp   (146 words)

  
 District Dave's London Underground Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
I understand that the next three car D Stock is to go north on 17th December 2003 - as far as I'm aware it will depart from Ealing Common Depot by road in a similar way to the first three car unit.
Roll Back protection is to be installed on all London Underground trains to prevent such an occurrence and, for the D Stock, will be done in the context of the refurbishment programme.
I also understand that (not unexpectedly) the initial train is unlikely to be returned to London Underground before August, and the earliest it is likely to be 'in traffic' is now likely to be December.
www.trainweb.org /districtdave/html/d78_stock_programme.html   (2456 words)

  
 London Underground 2005 Stock - London Underground 2005 Stock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
London Underground 2005 Stock - London Underground 2005 Stock
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 London Underground - Database Security   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 The-London-Tube.org.uk
If you live in London, look out for a leaflet dropping through your door soon or alternatively, you can log onto The TFL Website.
What I found equally as shocking, was London Underground's poor response which has been reported throughout the past few weeks.
For London Underground or Travel Queries, please contact the relevant parties as we will not be able to assist you with these types of query.
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 London Underground D78 Subsurface Stock: A LEGO® creation by David Tabner : MOCpages.com
The D78 stock (or just ‘D stock’) runs solely on the District line and numbers 75 6-car trains.
D stock is currently undergoing a very long drawn-out refurbishment programme.
I built windows in the car ends which actually only appear on the single D stock train that has had the full refit (identifiable by being in the corporate colours; red, white and blue) my train is not that one so I had to remove them.
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 London Underground R Stock: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The R38 and R49 Stock was built for the District Line (The boundary between two districts)
The R38 stock was rebuilt from war damaged Q38 stock (The q38 stock was built in 1939 for the district line by gloucester rc&w....)
and were the first London Underground (The london underground is a public transport network, composed of electrified railways (that is, a metro...)
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 London Underground - Eminem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 passenger 6   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Traditionally, surface stock has always had 1067 mm wheels, whereas tube stock has 790 mm wheels.
In an attempt to reduce the number of different types of wheels sets in use on the system, the D78 stock has the same type of wheels as the 1973 tube stock.
Instead, she is travelling on every line of the London Underground.
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 District Dave's London Underground Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
An update on the D78 stock refurbishment programme can be read here.
Also added to the same section is a new page on the Runback Protection System being installed to London Underground passenger rolling stock.
I've received a collection of photos of the CO/CP Stock unit that's preserved at Quainton, and these can be seen here.
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