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London Underground 1956 Stock
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company· from 1957· prototype electric multiple unit of the London Underground
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Golders Green London Underground 1956 Stock: Steven Duhig from Bowie, Maryland, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The London Underground 1956 Stock consisted of three prototype units built before the mass production of the 1959 tube stock. These units were tested on the Piccadilly line and remained in service after production trains were introduced. Later, they were transferred to the Northern line, but in 1995, they were replaced as non-standard by 1962 Stock cascaded from the Central line.
fun facts
- First built 69 years ago, in 1957.
- 15.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 38 years (1957–1995).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1957
- in service from
- 1957
- retired
- 1995
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- Deep-level tube
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, Metro-Cammell, Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- length
- 15.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6670895, Wikipedia: London Underground 1956 Stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.