London Underground F Stock
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The F Stock was built in 1920 and 1921 for the Metropolitan District Railway
(later the London Underground District Line
). 100 steel-bodied cars were built: 40 driving motors, 12 control trailers and 48 trailers. They had non-standard equipment that precluded multiple-unit operation with any other type of train and had significantly more powerful motors than earlier rolling stock, leading to some initial operating difficulties. As built, the stark interiors proved unpopular and were soon refurbished. The front ends of driving cabs had two distinctive oval windows separated by the centre door.
Between 1939 and 1940, the control trailers were all rebuilt into driving motor cars.
The cars were built with manually operated sliding doors but between 1939 and 1940 these were converted to air operation. In 1950 and 1951, the F Stock was transferred to the Metropolitan Line
where it operated services between Uxbridge
and London, even working the occasional service to Amersham
and Watford
.
The F Stock was replaced by A60 and A62 Stock
in the early 1960s. A few units continued on the East London Line
until 1963.
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Metropolitan District Railway
The Metropolitan District Railway was the predecessor of the District line of the London Underground. Set up on 29 July 1864, at first to complete the "Inner Circle" railway around central London, it was gradually extended into the suburbs...
(later the London Underground District Line
District Line
The District line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. It is a "sub-surface" line, running through the central area in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels. It is the busiest of the sub-surface lines. Out of the 60 stations served, 25 are underground...
). 100 steel-bodied cars were built: 40 driving motors, 12 control trailers and 48 trailers. They had non-standard equipment that precluded multiple-unit operation with any other type of train and had significantly more powerful motors than earlier rolling stock, leading to some initial operating difficulties. As built, the stark interiors proved unpopular and were soon refurbished. The front ends of driving cabs had two distinctive oval windows separated by the centre door.
Between 1939 and 1940, the control trailers were all rebuilt into driving motor cars.
The cars were built with manually operated sliding doors but between 1939 and 1940 these were converted to air operation. In 1950 and 1951, the F Stock was transferred to the Metropolitan Line
Metropolitan Line
The Metropolitan line is part of the London Underground. It is coloured in Transport for London's Corporate Magenta on the Tube map and in other branding. It was the first underground railway in the world, opening as the Metropolitan Railway on 10 January 1863...
where it operated services between Uxbridge
Uxbridge tube station
Uxbridge is a London Underground station in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, north-west London. The station is the terminus of the Uxbridge branches of both the Metropolitan Line and the Piccadilly Line. The next station towards London is Hillingdon. The station is 15.5 miles west of...
and London, even working the occasional service to Amersham
Amersham
Amersham is a market town and civil parish within Chiltern district in Buckinghamshire, England, 27 miles north west of London, in the Chiltern Hills. It is part of the London commuter belt....
and Watford
Watford
Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District.Watford was created as an urban...
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The F Stock was replaced by A60 and A62 Stock
London Underground A60 Stock
The A Stock is the type of train used on the Metropolitan Line of the London Underground. It was built in two batches by Cravens of Sheffield in the early 1960s. The trains replaced all the previous stock then used on the Metropolitan Line...
in the early 1960s. A few units continued on the East London Line
East London Line
The East London Line is a London Overground line which runs north to south through the East End, Docklands and South areas of London.Built in 1869 by the East London Railway Company, which reused the Thames Tunnel, originally intended for horse-drawn carriages, the line became part of the London...
until 1963.
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