London Underground D78 Stock

what is it?

The London Underground D78 Stock, commonly referred to as D Stock, was a type of sub-surface rolling stock which operated on the District line of the London Underground, except on the Wimbledon to Edgware Road service. The first units were withdrawn in January 2015 with the last withdrawn on 21 April 2017.

who runs it

TfL

base stats

• speed 72 km/htop speed
• weight 27.5 tin working order
• seats 821passengers
• built 75made 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 46 years ago, in 1980.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏18.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 821: 16 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• 🧓Still in service after 46 years.

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

spec sheet

built

1980

in service from

1980

status

in service

number built

75

kind

Subsurface

traction

electric

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Metro-Cammell

operators

TfL

top speed

72 km/h

power

—

formation

3 cars per unit, 2 units per train

length

18.4 m

weight

27.5 t

capacity

821 passengers

Dutch name

London Underground type D78

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