On Jul 23, 2:54*am, "Recliner" wrote:
"1506" wrote in message







On Jul 22, 1:08 pm, Stephen Furley wrote:
On 22/7/09 16:00, in article
,
"Paul

Corfield" wrote:
An internal (LU) notice has stated that the first passenger service
journey of the new Victoria Line 09 stock took place last night just
before midnight from Seven Sisters down to Brixton. More passenger
service trips will build up over the coming months using trains 01
and
02.

I thought people might be interested to know.

--
Paul Corfield
via Google

The Victoria Line stock was the first new stock that I remember being
introduced. It seemed incredibly modern at the time compared to the
CO and R stocks which I was used to on the Circle and District when
going to the Science Museum, the first journey up into central
London which I made on my own, and the 38 stock which I occasionally
used on the Bakerloo or Northern; these were the only Underground
lines which I'd used at that time. It's odd to think that it's
reached the end of its life, and due to be replaced.

That is my memory of the London Subway also. *In the Early 1960s the
tubes were, by and large served by 1938, and earlier stock. *The sub-
surface lines were CO and R stock served. *The Victoria Line trains
and the A stock on the Met. seemed SO modern.

Surely there were large numbers of 1959 and 1962 stock trains in service
by then? *Admittedly, their design was pretty similar to the 1938s, so
they may not have seen much newer.

You are correct. They were certainly on the Piccadilly Line. In
those days I was a young teenager. My travels took me on mainly the
Bakerloo.