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London Underground E Stock
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company· from 1914· steel-bodied cars for the London Underground
what is it?
The London Underground E Stock were steel-bodied cars built for the London Underground in 1914 by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. Thirty cars were built, twenty-six driving motor cars and four trailers. The E stock was based on the earlier C Stock and D Stock but differed in that the roof was elliptical rather than the clerestory roof of the C Stock and D Stock.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- 14.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 44 years (1914–1958).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914
- in service from
- 1914
- retired
- 1958
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- length
- 14.9 m
- capacity
- 48 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6670908, Wikipedia: London Underground E Stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.