London Underground rolling stock facts for kids

Underground trains come in two sizes, larger sub-surface trains and smaller tube trains. A Metropolitan Line A Stock train (left) passes a Piccadilly Line 1973 Stock train (right) in the siding at Rayners Lane

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A wide variety of trains have been used on the London Underground. In the early days steam locomotive and carriages were used. Nowadays electric multiple units are used.

Rolling Stock

The following trains were used in London Underground.

London Underground lines
Line	Current stock	Introduced	Refurbished	Replacement	Due
Bakerloo	1972 Stock	1973	1989–1995	"Evo" new concept tube train	TBA
Central	1992 Stock	1993–1995	2011-	"Evo" new concept tube train	TBA
Circle	C Stock	1970	1990–1994	S Stock	2012
District main line	D Stock	1980–1983	2004–2008	S Stock	2013
District Edgware Road– Wimbledon	C Stock	1977	1990–1994	S Stock	2013
Hammersmith & City	C Stock	1970	1990–1994	S Stock	2012
Jubilee	1996 Stock	1997–1998	Not scheduled	None announced
Metropolitan	A Stock	1961–1963	1994–1998	S Stock	2010-2013
Metropolitan	S Stock	2010	Not scheduled	None announced
Northern	1995 Stock	1998–2001	Not scheduled	None announced
Piccadilly	1973 Stock	1975	1996–2001	"Evo" new concept tube train	TBA
Victoria	2009 Stock	2009–2011	Not scheduled	None announced
Waterloo & City	1992 Stock	1993	2006	"Evo" new concept tube train	TBA

Images for kids

Two London Underground 2009 Stock trains at the Northumberland Park Depot.
A deep-tube Piccadilly line 1973 Stock train (right) arrive, and a sub-surface District line D78 Stock train (left) just leaving, at Acton Town tube station.
Metropolitan Railway steam locomotive number 23, one of only two surviving locomotives, is displayed at London Transport Museum.
Metropolitan Railway electric locomotive No. 17
A District line train at Gunnersbury in 1955. The leading car, with a clerestory roof, is one of the District Railway cars built in 1923.
A T stock multiple unit at Neasden
P stock in red with R Stock at Upminster
Central London Railway motor car in 1903
Three car Standard Stock train at Hendon Central on today's Northern line
Longitudinal seating inside the motor car
An unpainted aluminium 1959 Stock train on the Piccadilly line at Barons Court
Inside 1983 Stock as used on the Jubilee line