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London Underground D Stock (District Railway)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Metro-Cammell· from 1912· Class of train rolling stock
what is it?
The D Stock were electric multiple units built by Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon in Saltley, England for London's District Railway in 1912.
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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- 14.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 46 years (1912–1958).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912
- in service from
- 1912
- retired
- 1958
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Metro-Cammell
- 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 Q6670910, Wikipedia: London Underground D Stock (District Railway) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.