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Movia (Underground) 3 classes
Bombardier's Movia (now Alstom) Underground trains: the 2009 Stock of the Victoria line and the S7 and S8 Stock of the sub-surface lines.
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The classes side by side
Whole trains at one scale. Each name links to its class page.
Schematic side elevations from each train's recorded dimensions, standing on the same rail. Choose 1× to see them at the stated 10 px per metre, or 2× or 4× to look closer, and scroll or drag sideways; Full screen shows the line-up alone. Drawings labelled indicative are estimates, from photographs and published figures, where no dimensioned drawing has been published. Lengths are over couplers where published; “about” marks one added up from the cars and the couplers between them, as drawn. People are seats plus standing at five per square metre, where both are published; otherwise seats are shown where published, so sorting by capacity puts a seats-only figure among the people figures, and trains with neither come last. Compare any two or three trains →
The classes
| Class | Lines and operators | Since | Trains | Formation | Power | Car length | Doors per side | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Stock | Victoria | 2009 | 47 | 8 cars: two 4-car units, A-B-C-D and D-C-B-A | 53 ft 8 in16.345 m to 54 ft 5 in16.595 m | 3 to 4 | 252 | |
| S8 Stock | Metropolitan | 2010 | 59 | 8 cars, walk-through throughout: DM-M1-M2-MS-MS-M2-M1-DM. In 28 trains one of the two M2s is an M2D, a non-driving motor with de-icing equipment. | 50 ft 8 in15.434 m to 57 ft 3 in17.439 m | 3 | 306 | |
| S7 Stock | Circle, District, Hammersmith & City | 2012 | 133 | 7 cars, walk-through throughout: DM-M1-MS-MS-M2-M1-DM (DM-M1-M2-MS-MS-M1-DM from the other end). In 43 trains the M2 is an M2D, a non-driving motor with de-icing equipment | 50 ft 8 in15.434 m to 57 ft 3 in17.439 m | 3 | 256 |
What they share, and how they differ
Shared
- Builder: Bombardier, Derby Litchurch Lane.
- Car length: 50 ft 8 in (15.434 m) to 57 ft 3 in (17.439 m).
Different
- Car width: 8 ft 7 in (2.616 m) to 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m).
- Doors per side: 3 on the S7, S8; 3 to 4 on the 2009.
Sources
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- Bombardier Movia Metro Cars (lists London Underground, designated S Stock and 2009 Stock, among the networks) Railway Technology, read 13 October 2026Railway Technology: Movia cars on the London Underground, designated S Stock and 2009 Stock
- Alstom Movia (lists the London Underground 2009 Stock as Movia tube stock and the S Stock as Movia sub-surface stock) Wikipedia, read 13 October 2026Wikipedia: the 2009 Stock as Movia tube stock, the S Stock as Movia sub-surface stock
Each class's own page lists the sources for its figures.
- Placed by a trade-press page and Wikipedia only: no Bombardier, Alstom or TfL page naming the Movia was read
- Whether the S7 and S8 are one family or two follows the S Stock's own name; this page counts both under Movia
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