London Underground F Stock

what is it?

The London Underground F Stock was built in 1920 and 1921 for the District Railway (later the London Underground District line) by the Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon and Finance Company. They were partly funded by the government as part of an initiative to help British industry recover from World War I. One hundred steel-bodied cars were built: 40 driving motors, 12 control trailers and 48 trailers with the first train entering service on 23 December 1920. The cars were built with manually operated sliding doors.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 106 years ago, in 1920.
• 📏14.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 43 years (1920–1963).

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

spec sheet

built

1920

in service from

1920

retired

1963

status

retired

number built

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kind

metro

traction

electric

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Metro-Cammell

top speed

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power

—

length

14.9 m

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