#2640
London Underground Q38 Stock
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company· from 1939
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Ltmd-Q23-01: Chris McKenna ( Thryduulf )· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Q38-stock-yellow-Acton-Works-open-day-1983: No machine-readable author provided. Spsmiler assumed (based on copyright claims).· Public domain
- 3. LTPB Q38 Stock DM No.4417 - 51710362257: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. LTPB Q38 Stock DM No.4417: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Q Stock consisted of various District line trains, built from 1923 (G Stock) until the mid-1930s, originally built with manually operated sliding doors. Following conversion to air operated doors, the trains became collectively known as Q Stock. Given that five different types of rolling stock were converted to Q Stock, the resulting hybrid trains looked bizarre - with the older carriages having flat sides and clerestory roofs, whilst the Q38 had flared sides at floor level.
fun facts
- First built 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Served for 32 years (1939–1971).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1939
- in service from
- 1939
- retired
- 1971
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- Subsurface
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6670932, Wikipedia: London Underground Q38 Stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.