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London Underground 1992 Stock
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail Engineering Limited· from 1993· Type of rolling stock used on the Central and Waterloo & City lines of the London Underground
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 91061-Epping-20090511: Janderk1968· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. London Underground 1992 Stock at Theydon Bois by tompagenet: Tom Page from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. GWR Class 230 (230001) and London Underground 1992 Stock (91139) at Greenford: Aubrey· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. London Underground 1992 Stock 91091 on Central Line, South Ruislip (16847092780): Aubrey Morandarte from Guildford or Coventry, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. London Underground 1992 Stock at Ealing Broadway, 5 August 2026: BrayLockBoy· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. London Underground 1992 Stock at Shepherd's Bush: Hide1228· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The London Underground 1992 Stock is a type of rolling stock used on the Central and Waterloo & City lines of the London Underground. A total of 85 eight-car trains were built for the Central line and 5 four-car trains were built for the Waterloo & City line. On the Central line, trains entered service in April 1993, with automatic train operation (ATO) and automatic train protection (ATP) effectively allowing the trains to drive themselves.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 33 years ago, in 1993.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 1,047: 21 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 33 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993
- in service from
- 1993
- status
- in service
- number built
- 700
- kind
- Deep-level tube
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail Engineering Limited, ABB Group
- operators
- London Underground, British Rail
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- electric system
- (Central line), (Waterloo & City Line)
- formation
- 8 cars per train (Central line), 4 cars per train (Waterloo & City line)
- length
- 16.3 m
- weight
- 22 t
- capacity
- 1,047 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1091699, Wikipedia: London Underground 1992 Stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.