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London Underground Standard Stock

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Union Construction Company· from 1923· class of railway cars

🚇 metro electric retired
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Hendon Central station, underground railway above ground (CJ Allen, Steel Highway, 1928): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
  2. 2. 1927 Standard Stock L134: Joshua Brown from Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom· CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. 3. London Underground Standard Stock - Flickr - James E. Petts (1): James Petts from London, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. London Underground STandard stock (repatriated from the Isle of Wight) - Flickr - James E. Petts: James Petts from London, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. London Underground Standard stock - Flickr - James E. Petts (1): James Petts from London, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. London Underground Standard Stock - Flickr - James E. Petts (2): James Petts from London, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. London Underground Standard Stock - Flickr - James E. Petts: James Petts from London, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. London Underground Standard stock - Flickr - James E. Petts: James Petts from London, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
London Underground Standard Stock, photo 1 of 8
1/8 Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain

what is it?

The Standard Stock title was applied to a variety of Tube stock built between 1923 and 1934, all of which shared the same basic characteristics, but with some detailed differences. This design is sometimes referred to as 1923 Tube Stock, 1923 Stock, or Pre 1938 Stock. Most of the Standard Stock was built to replace the first generation of "Gate Stock" Tube trains or to provide additional trains for extensions built in the 1920s and early 1930s.

who runs it

London Underground

fun facts

  • First built 103 years ago, in 1923.
  • Served for 69 years (1923–1992).

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

spec sheet

built
1923
in service from
1923
retired
1992
status
retired
number built
—
kind
Deep-level tube
traction
electric
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
Union Construction Company, Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, Leeds Forge Company, Metro-Cammell
operators
London Underground
top speed
—
power
—

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

Sources: Wikidata Q6670943, Wikipedia: London Underground Standard Stock (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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