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London Underground 1967 Stock
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Metro-Cammell· from 1968· Train sets
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1967 Stock at Green Park: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5
- 2. 1967 stock at Finsbury Park station - tompagenet: Tom Page from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. London Underground 1967 Stock DM no 3016 Walthamstow Pump House Museum: Matthew Black from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. London Underground 1967 Stock: Tom Page from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Metro-Cammell 1967 Stock EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The London Underground 1967 Stock was a type of deep-level train that operated on the Victoria line of the London Underground from the line's opening on 1 September 1968 until 30 June 2011. It was also used on the Central line between Woodford and Hainault between 21 February 1968 and 1984, as the same automatic train operation (ATO) system was used on both lines. 316 cars (39.5 train sets) were built by Metro-Cammell, and subsequently refurbished at Rosyth.
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 58 years ago, in 1968.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 43 years (1968–2011).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1968
- in service from
- 1968
- retired
- 2011
- status
- retired
- number built
- 316
- kind
- Deep-level tube
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Metro-Cammell
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- electric system
- 630 V DC Fourth rail
- formation
- 4 cars per unit, 2 units per train
- length
- 16.1 m
- weight
- 28.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1091440, Wikipedia: London Underground 1967 Stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.