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London Underground 1938 Stock

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Metro-Cammell· from 1938· type of rolling stock formerly used on the London Underground

🚇 metro electric retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. London Underground 1938 Stock at Amersham 5: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
  2. 2. 1938 stock at South Ealing: Maxopolitan· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. London Underground 1938 Stock (10027720393): Au Morandarte from Chiswick/Romford, London, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. London Underground 1938 Stock (7818976480): James Petts from London, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. London Underground 1938 Stock at Amersham 1: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
  6. 6. London Underground 1938 Stock at Amersham 2: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
  7. 7. London Underground 1938 Stock at Amersham 3: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
  8. 8. London Underground 1938 Stock at Amersham 6: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
  9. 9. London Underground 1938 Stock at Amersham 7: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
  10. 10. London Underground 1938 Stock at Amersham 8: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
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London Underground 1938 Stock, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Oxyman· CC BY 2.5

what is it?

The London Underground 1938 Stock is a London Underground tube stock design. A total of 1,121 cars were built by Metro-Cammell and Birmingham RC&W. An additional 173 cars were added to the fleet by the end of 1953, comprising 91 new builds (the 1949 Tube Stock), 76 conversions from Pre-1938 Tube Stock or 1935 Tube Stock, and six unconverted cars of 1935 Tube Stock, and the stock was used on the London Underground until 1988. During their long lives they worked on the Bakerloo, Northern, Piccadilly, East London, Central, and Northern City lines.

fun facts

  • First built 88 years ago, in 1938.
  • 15.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 83 years (1938–2021).

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built
1938
in service from
1938
retired
2021
status
retired
number built
—
kind
Deep-level tube
traction
electric
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
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 Q2026312, Wikipedia: London Underground 1938 Stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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