#1259
London Underground B Stock
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Brush Traction· from 1905· Class of rolling stock train
what is it?
The London Underground B Stock was built in 1905 for the District Railway (now the London Underground's District line). 420 vehicles were built, formed into 60 seven-car units.
fun facts
- First built 121 years ago, in 1905.
- 14.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905
- in service from
- 1905
- number built
- —
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Brush Traction, Metro-Cammell, Alstom Crespin
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- length
- 14.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6670901, Wikipedia: London Underground B Stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.