London Underground 1967 Tube Stock
| London Underground 1967 Tube Stock | |
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 Last use of a 1967 Tube Stock in May 2011
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| Numbering: | DM: 3001-3086, 3101-3186 T: 4001-4086, 4101-4186 |
| Number: | 43 trains |
| Manufacturer: | Metro Cammell |
| Year of construction (s): | 1967-1969 |
| Retirement: | until 2011 |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over coupling: | 130,201 mm (whole train) |
| Height: | 2,877 mm |
| Width: | 2,642 mm |
| Trunnion Distance: | 10,338 mm |
| Empty mass: | DM: 30.9 t T: 20.6 t Whole train: 206.1 t |
| Power system : | 630 V DC |
| Power transmission: | 2 power rails (positive and negative) |
| Seats: | 304 |
The London Underground 1967 Tube Stock (or just 67 Tube Stock for short) was a series of electric railcars that were used on the London Victoria Line . According to the usual conventions at London Underground , the name is derived from the planned year of commissioning (1967).
history
After successful tests for Automatic Train Operation (ATO / automated driving ) retrofitted trains of the type 1960 tube stick on the Central Line between Hainault and Woodford , in March 1964 features of the 1967 tube stick at are Metro-Cammell for the new Victoria Line ordered. The original order consisted of 30½ trains, the first of which was delivered to the Ruislip depot on September 27th. After the decision to expand the Victoria Line from Victoria to Brixton, the order was extended by a further 9 trains, so that a total of 39½ trains were delivered. The first use with passengers took place on February 21, 1968 on the Central Line between Hainault and Woodford, the first use on the Victoria Line took place on September 1, 1968 with the opening of the first section.
Another three and a half trains were built between 1987 and 1989 through the conversion of the 1972 Mk.I Tube Stock cars previously used on the Northern Line , which increased the fleet of the 1967 Tube Stock to a total of 43 trains. Another three cars were rebuilt in the second half of the 1990s to replace damaged cars, so the size of the fleet did not change. The 1967 Tube Stock was completely modernized by Tickford Rail Ltd from June 1990 to May 1995 .
The vehicles were London Underground's second oldest series in daily use until June 30, 2011. Of the tube railways, the 1967 Tube Stock was at times the oldest series. Due to its age, the series was retired and replaced by the 2009 Tube Stock from 2009 .
Train formation and details
The 1967 Tube Stock consists of half-trains made up of two Driving Motor Cars (DM) and two Trailer Cars (T) . A driving motor car is equipped with a driver's cab and drive motors, a trailer car has neither a drive nor a driver's cab. In contrast to the delivery condition, in later years it was no longer possible to freely couple all half-trains, as individual driver's cabs lost their ATO equipment over time. This is how the half-trains from the 1972 Mk.I Tube Stock converted from a Driving Motor Car and a Trailer Car from the 1972 Mk.I Tube Stock and from a Driving Motor Car and a Trailer Car from the 1967 Tube Stock were created. Since the 1972 Mk.I Tube Stock was never equipped with ATO equipment, the trains formed in this way only had a driver's cab with ATO equipment. Driver's cabs without ATO equipment could be used for maneuvering in the depot, but a car with ATO equipment had to run at the Zugspitze and the end of the train for passenger use, as the Victoria Line is operated with ATO. Fully equipped driver's cabs at both ends were only available in a minority of the trains in the 2000s. Such half-trains could theoretically also be used alone, all other trains were only allowed to run as an 8-car train.
As was customary at the time, the trains were delivered with unpainted aluminum car bodies. They wore this appearance until they were modernized, when they were given the underground colors customary today (driver's cab and doors red, car body white with blue stripes on the floor), but only the fully equipped driver's cabs were painted red. One innovation in the trains was the ATO equipment: the driver only had to press a start button at a station after the doors were closed and the train accelerated and braked automatically to the next station. Another innovation was the equipment with a loudspeaker system for passenger information.
commitment
The vehicles were used exclusively on the Victoria Line as 8-car trains. It was possible to use 4-car trains if both driver's cabs of the half-train were equipped with ATO equipment. From 1968 to 1984 4-car trains were used on the Central Line on the route between Hainault and Woodford, which served as an ATO test track. In 2008, the vehicles could only be used on the Victoria Line, as a different ATO system is now being used on the Central Line and is currently still being driven manually on other lines.
literature
- Brian Hardy: London Underground Rolling Stock . 15th edition. Capital Transport, Harrow Weald 2002, ISBN 1-85414-263-1 .
Web links
- 1967 Tube Stock - Transport for London (English)
- 1967 Tube Stock - Tubeprune (English)
- London Transport Museum Photographic Archive (English)
- London Underground: Rolling Stock Data Sheet. (PDF; 2.8 MB) 2nd edition. March 2002 (accessed November 16, 2008)
- 1967 Tube Stock - Squarewheels (accessed November 18, 2008)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Victoria Line - Clives's Underground Line Guides (as of November 18, 2008)