London Underground 1983 Stock

what is it?

The London Underground 1983 Stock was a class of electric multiple unit built by Metro-Cammell for use on London Underground's Jubilee line. The 1983 Stock was the last train to be designed in-house by London Underground; it was the last conventional Tube train in the long line of evolving design since the 1938 Stock. The stock was built by Metro-Cammell to replace the 1972 Mark II Stock operating on the Jubilee line; in turn this was intended to enable those trains to replace the 1938 Stock on the Bakerloo line.

base stats

• speed 100 km/htop speed
• weight 38.1 tin working order
• seats 974passengers
• built 31made in total

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 42 years ago, in 1984.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏108 m long: about 24 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 974: 19 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• ⌛Served for 14 years (1984–1998).

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

spec sheet

built

1984

in service from

1984

retired

1998

status

retired

number built

31

kind

Deep-level tube

traction

electric

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Metro-Cammell

designer

London Underground Acton Works

top speed

100 km/h

power

—

formation

3 cars per unit, 2 units per train

length

108 m

weight

38.1 t

capacity

974 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.