1938 Stock unverified
1,121 cars, with all equipment under the floor so the whole interior was for passengers. It's widely seen as the classic tube train. Some ran on the Isle of Wight as BR Class 483 until January 2021.
Drawing to come
- Type
- Electric multiple unit
- Builder
- Metro-Cammell; BRCW
- Built
- 1937–1940
- In service
- 1938–1988
- Lines
- Northern, Bakerloo, Piccadilly, Central, East London, Northern City
- Profile
- tube
- Preserved
- A 4-car heritage train run by London Transport Museum; Isle of Wight units 483004, 006, 007 and 008
This page is marked unverified: its figures haven’t yet been confirmed by an official source or a published history. The foot of the page says what’s in doubt.
Sources
- London Underground 1938 Stock, Wikipedia
- British Rail Class 483, Wikipedia
- Ride a vintage 1930s Tube train, July 2026, Time Out (the 2026 heritage train)
unverified all figures (Wikipedia only; not yet checked against a published history)