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[email protected] · May 11th 09, 12:59 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Peter Masson) wrote:

wrote

Have they always used Tube stock on the Island Line since its
electrification in the 60s?
Yes - when it was electrified in 1967 they used 1926 stock, which
had come from the Piccadilly Line. This was replaced in the
mid-1980s by the current 1938 stock.

The 1926 stock was formed, on the Island, into 4 car sets with a
driving car at each end, labelled in SR tradition as 4VEC, and
3-car sets which IIRC only had a driving car at one end and
labelled 3TIS. On Summer Saturdays the holiday traffic required a
7-car train every 12 minutes - and there was a seprate service of
petrol-driven trams between Pier Head and Esplanade.

Not 1926 stock, but Standard stock, built from 1923 to 1934.

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Colin Rosenstiel