#1308
London Underground 1906 Stock
🇫🇷 France ·built by Alstom Crespin· from 1906· Class of train rolling stock
what is it?
The 1906 Stock, also known as "Gate Stock", was built for the Yerkes tube lines, Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS&WR), Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR), and Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR).
fun facts
- First built 120 years ago, in 1906.
- 15.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 47 years (1906–1953).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906
- in service from
- 1906
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- Deep-level tube
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom Crespin, Brush Traction, Metro-Cammell, American Car and Foundry Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- length
- 15.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6670882, Wikipedia: London Underground 1906 Stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.