London Underground D Stock (District Railway)

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D Stock
In service1912–1958
Manufacturer
Met Cammell
Specifications
Car length49 ft (14.94 m)
Width8 ft 9+12 in (2.680 m)
Height12 ft 3+14 in (3.740 m)
Weight33.16 long tons (33.69 t; 37.14 short tons)
Seating48
Notes/references
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The D Stock was built by

Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon in Saltley, England for the District Railway
in 1912. A total of thirty cars were built, twenty-two were driving motor cars and eight were trailers. In 1928 the eight trailer cars were rebuilt into motor cars at Acton Works.

These units were very similar to the earlier

Olympia shuttle service and were withdrawn from passenger service by the late 1950s. One continued in use for a time in grey livery as a "Stores Carrier" motor car SC637, before being finally broken up in May 1963.[1][2][3]
No vehicles have survived into preservation.

References

  1. ^ "UndergrounD: The Journal of the London Underground Society", February 1962 page 3
  2. ^ "UndergrounD: The Journal of the London Underground Society", July 1962 page 4
  3. ^ "UndergrounD: The Journal of the London Underground Society", May 1963 page 11