London Underground F Stock
- London Underground F Stock
Infobox Underground stock
name = F Stock
InService = 1920-1963
Manufacturer = Met Cammell
Weight = DM 39.64 tons
DM 44.50 tons
CT 24.84 tons
T 24.50 tons
T 34.50 tons
CarHeight = 12' 4 1/2"
CarWidth = 9' 6 15/16"
CarLength = 49' 2"
CarSeating = DM 40
CT 44
T 48
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.
External links
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
**ltmcollection|ev/i00005ev.jpg|F stock train with motor car 605 leading, 1922
**ltmcollection|ey/i00005ey.jpg|Interior view of F stock trailer car 1003, 1922
**ltmcollection|fg/i00005fg.jpg|F stock trailer car 1112, 1925
**ltmcollection|f6/i00005f6.jpg|Interior view of F stock trailer car 1131, 1922
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