#3621· London Underground A60 en A62 Stock
London Underground A60 and A62 Stock
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company· from 1961· class of sub-surface train run on the London Underground, built in 1960
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. A60 Stock at Baker Street - tompagenet: Tom Page from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. A62 Stock 5163 at Chorleywood cropped: Antje (Flickr: Trowbridge Estate) (with cropping and exposure adjustments by XAM2175 )· CC BY 2.0
- 3. A60 stock booths: The original uploader was Bengley1 at English Wikipedia .· CC BY 3.0
- 4. Builder's name of an A62 stock: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 5. Metropolitan line A60 and S Stocks by Tom Page: Tom Page from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. A60 stock at Baker Street: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
- 7. A60 Stock at Eastcote 1: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
- 8. A60 Stock at Eastcote 2: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
- 9. A60 Stock at Pinner 1: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
- 10. A60 Stock at Pinner 2: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
what is it?
The London Underground A60 and A62 Stock, commonly referred to as A Stock, was a type of sub-surface rolling stock which operated on the Metropolitan line of the London Underground from 12 June 1961 to 26 September 2012, and on the East London line from 1977 until 22 December 2007, when it closed to be converted into London Overground (except in 1986, when one-man operation conversion of the fleet took place). The stock was built in two batches (A60 and A62) by Cravens of Sheffield in the early 1960s, and replaced all other trains on the line. At the time of its withdrawal in September 2012, the stock was the oldest on the Underground, having been in service for over 50 years.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 64.6 m long: about 14 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 57 years (1961–2018).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1961
- in service from
- 1961
- retired
- 2018
- status
- retired
- number built
- 58
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- operators
- TfL
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 630 V DC fourth rail
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
- formation
- DM-T-T-DM (per unit)
- length
- 64.6 m
- weight
- 32.1 t
- capacity
- 58 passengers
- Dutch name
- London Underground A60 en A62 Stock
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1869094, Wikipedia: London Underground A60 and A62 Stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.