Railway vehicle; LER 1925-Standard tube stock control trailer D end No. 1789, 1925-1926
Main details
| Reference number | 1995/1773 |
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| Description | Car number 1789 represents a generation of tube trains known as 'Standard stock'. They were built between 1923 and 1934. This car, later renumbered 5279, dates from 1925 and is known as a control trailer. Control trailers were unpowered cars with a driver's cab to allow a short three car train to be formed. All Standard stock cars had air-powered doors instead of attendant- controlled gates at the ends. This greatly increased the speed passengers could board at stations. The last Standard stock trains were withdrawn from the Underground in the 1960s. After its withdrawal, this car was transferred to British Rail and ran on the Isle of Wight until the late 1980s. |
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| Dates | 1925 |
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| Completeness | 62% |
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Physical description
Dimensions Attribute Value Height 2930mmLength 15300mmWidth 2670mm -
Build and type
Attribute Value Type 1925 MCW (2)In service 09/09/1926 - October 1964Fleet number 5279 -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Manufacturer Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Company Ltd., 1925 -
Associated companies, people and places
Company Attribute Value Line Northern line,Operated by London Electric Railways,London Transport,British Rail,Places Place Ruislip Depot, 10/64Wimbledon Depot, 14/05/1965Micheldever, 16/05/1965Acton Works, ? - 07/09/1966Southern Region, 08/09/1966Wimbledon Park, 18/10/1990Ruislip Depot, 30/10/1990Morden Depot, 02/11/1990Upminster Depot, 26/03/1991Acton Works, 24/11/1991
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