1938 Northern Line Train
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1938 Northern Line Train
Image: © Robert Lamb Taken: 30 Aug 2009
This is a 1938 Northern line train, which ran on that line between 1938 and 1988, so had a career of exactly 50 years! The last day in regular passenger service was 19 May 1988 - a small sign in one of the windows of the train confirms this! I don't think the train 'lives' here however - I think it belongs at Acton Town depot where the London Transport Museum stores some of its stock. It's only here for a special non-stop run on Friday night from Upminster to Ealing Broadway. Just a shame the journey takes place at night - meaning that all you'd see out of the train windows, whether underground or not, is pitch blackness. For this reason, I don't think it's really worth the money and effort in going, but I suppose if you really want to experience being on a 1938 train, then go for it! On the right is a C stock train, now used mostly on the Circle and Hammersmith and City lines, but also still used on the Wimbledon branch of the District line. View taken looking west.
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