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London Underground S Stock
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This article is about upcoming London Underground rolling stock. For the 1930s stock, see London Underground S Stock (ex-Metropolitan Railway).
S Stock

Manufacturer
Bombardier Transportation
In Service
from 2010
Lines Served
MetropolitanCircleHammersmith & CityDistrict
Width
2.92 m
Maximum Speed
100 km/h (62 mph)(limited)
Stock Type
Subsurface
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Interior of a mock-up of the S Stock carriage
The S Stock is a class of sub-surface train currently under construction by Bombardier for the London Underground to replace 177 existing trains on the Metropolitan, District, Hammersmith and City, and Circle Lines, with a new fleet of standardised car design, totalling 191 trains.[1]
The 'S' designation stands for 'Sub-surface,' following the London Underground tradition of designating surface fleets with a letter associated with its intended route. (Thus the "A" stock operates to Amersham, the "C" stock operates the Circle Line, and "D" stock the District Line). The "S" designation was also one of the few letters which had not been historically used to identify a significant fleet, noting that the Metropolitan Railway S-stock of 1936 was only formed of one eight-car prototype train set.
The stock, part of Bombardier’s Movia family, will be delivered in the form of 133 "S7" seven-car trains and 58 "S8" eight-car trains between 2010 and 2013 and will also feature air conditioning throughout - the sub-surface tunnels being able to displace the exhausted hot air. These trains will also have regenerative brakes, returning around 20% of their energy use to the network and so will reduce energy consumption.[2]The trains are planned to have faster acceleration than the present trains, 1.3m/s/s (considerably faster than all previous trains and similar to the K-Stock on the Hong Kong MTR), but their top speed will be capped at 62 mph (100 km/h). This is 8 mph slower compared to the maximum speed of the A-Stock (70 mph) but is still faster than the C and D stocks. During the period of dual operation between old and new trains, the S-stock trains will have their performance capped to match that of the older trains in order to comply with signalling constraints and avoid bunching of the service. Based on the official figures from Bombardier the new trains in the 8 car configuration will be able to accommodate 306 seated passengers compared with 448 passengers of the A-stock, a reduction of 32%; however, S-stock will be capable of accommodating 25% more standing passengers (1226 as compared to 976 in A-stock) and will have dedicated space for wheel-chair users.
The extended East London Line has transferred to London Overground, and so will operate a new batch of Electrostar units rather than the S Stock.

[edit] References
^ Metronet Rail Rolling out new trains Metronet Rail
^ Transforming the Tube Circle Transport for London Transport for London

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O Stock / P Stock

Manufacturer
GRC&WBRC&W
In Service
1937–1981
Length per car
51'
Width
9' 8 3/8"
Height
11' 9 1/2"
Weight
35.75 tons
Seating
42
Stock Type
Subsurface
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Originally the red coloured CO / CP / COP trains were painted in dark red and featured gilt coloured (with black edging) lettering. In 1973, the policy was changed so that, when repainted, 'bus' red with white lettering was used instead. This image shows the two variants side by side.

Inside a red P Stock train. The internal doorways (without doors) date from when the District line included provision for 1st class passengers: 1st class was split into two sections (smoking and non-smoking) and the rest of the carriage was for 3rd class passengers. 1st class was abolished in 1940 as a war-time economy.

Inside a COP trailer. Note the decorative 'half moon' shaped glass on some of the seat backs.

A end DM car O (CO) stock.

D end DM car O (CO) stock.
The O and P Stock was built for the Metropolitan Line and Hammersmith & City Line in 1937–1940 by Gloucester RC&W and Birmingham RC&W. In all there were 262 driving motors (DM) and 103 trailers. The trailers were constructed to the same physical design as the DMs, with provision for the fitting out of a driving cab at one end of the car, although while used as a trailer the unused cab doors were locked closed.
The O stock was built for the Hammersmith & City service and the P stock for the Metropolitan Line service to Uxbridge, although initially some worked on the District Line's Putney Bridge to Edgware Road service. The guard's position on the O stock DMs was in the cab, this continuing the policy of the former Metropolitan Railway. In contrast, the guard's position on the P stock was at the trailing end of the DMs, following the practice of the District Line (and the tube lines).
Contents[hide]
1 History
2 War time losses
3 P1 Stock
4 Numbering
5 Preservation
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[edit] History
As built the units had Metadyne equipment, being classified as O Stock and P Stock. The units were originally built as two-car sets, but an intermediate trailer was later added.
Starting in 1955 the Metadyne equipment was removed from the DMs and was replaced with PCM equipment. Converted cars were renumbered from 1xxxx to 5xxxx and reclassified with a C (meaning Converted) before the O or the P.
The last examples were replaced in 1981, when the new batch of C77 Stock entered service.

[edit] War time losses
During World War II several cars were lost as a result of bombing by the Luftwaffe.
14199 (O stock DM) was destroyed at Neasden on 27 September 1940, 13036, 14042, 14049 (all O stock DM), 13229, 14229 (all P Stock DM), 014080 (O stock trailer) at Moorgate station on 29 December 1941, and 14263 (P stock DM) at Baker Street in 10 May 1941 .
To make up for the number of 'D' end DMs (14xxx) cars destroyed, three 'D' end trailer cars were rebuilt into DMs. These were 014270-014272 which were renumbered 14270-14272 when converted.
During the war 'D' end DM 14233 was damaged during bombing of Neasden depot, one end of the car being destroyed. Instead of the car being scrapped one end of Q38 Stock trailer 013167 (which had been badly damaged when a bomb hit Plaistow station) was used to rebuild 14233. The DM returned to service, renumbered 54233 in 1963, and was eventually preserved.

[edit] P1 Stock
Six 'A' end P stock DMs, numbered 13264-13269, were not fitted with any guard's controls, which were fitted on other P stock DMs. These six cars, designated P1 Stock, were used on the through Uxbridge-Barking service in the 1930s and 1940s. Guard's controls were fitted in the 1960s when the Metadyne equipment was replaced by PCM equipment, and the six cars were redesignated P stock.

Cp stock on the left R stock on the right.

[edit] Numbering
As built the numbers were as follows:
'O' Stock
'A' DM
'D' DM
T
13000 - 13057
14000 - 14057
013058 - 013086 / 014058 - 014086
'P' Stock
'A' DM
'D' DM
T
13193 - 1325713262 - 13269*
14193 - 1425714262 - 14269
013087 - 013101 / 013258 - 013273014087 - 014100 / 014258 - 014273
Cars 13264 - 13269 were designated P1 stock

[edit] Preservation
One complete unit, and a driving motor have been preserved.
'A' DM
T
'D' DM
Location
53028
013063
54233
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
-
-
54256
Walthamstow Pump House Museum
Key
DM
Driving motor
T
Trailer

1938 stock

Birmingham RC&W, and were used on the London Underground until 1988. During their long lives they worked on the Bakerloo, Piccadilly, Northern, East London and Central lines. Some examples are still at work on the Isle Of Wight as Class 483, making them the oldest passenger rolling stock operating timetabled services on the National Rail network.
Contents[hide]
1 Numbers
2 Use on different lines
3 Nine-car trains
4 1935/1949 Stock
5 58 trailers
6 Isle of Wight
7 Accidents
8 Preservation
9 References
10 External links
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[edit] Numbers

Inside 1938 tube train trailer.
As built, the 1938 Stock was numbered as follows:
'A' DM
'D' DM
NDM
SNDM
T
10012 - 1032390324 - 90333
11012 - 1132391324 - 91333
12000 - 1202812059 - 1215712409 - 1241112422 - 1244692029 - 92058
92447 - 92466
012158 - 012388012412 - 012421012467 - 012476092389 - 092408

[edit] Use on different lines
The 1938 Stock was built as part of the London Passenger Transport Board's New Works Programme 1935-1940. The trains were primarily intended for use the Northern and Bakerloo Lines, with an additional seven trains also being used on the Piccadilly Line.
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s the Northern Line was worked exclusively by 1938/1949 Stock trains. They were starting to show their age by the late 1960s; the first withdrawals from the Northern Line took place in the early 1970s with the introduction of the 1972 Stock trains.
In the mid-1970s the Bakerloo Line started to use 1972 Stock (Mark II) cars in addition to 1938 Stock. The 1972 Stock cars were intended for eventual use on the Jubilee Line (which opened in 1979), thereafter the remaining section of the Bakerloo Line continued to be served exclusively by 1938 Stock cars until the 1980s. The Bakerloo Line trains received an "Extra Heavy Overhaul" (EHO) to keep them in service long after their intended withdrawal date. The Bakerloo Line was thus the last line to be operated solely by 1938 Stock trains.
The Piccadilly Line's few 1938 Stock trains operated alongside 1959 Stock for much of their lives. They were replaced by London Underground 1973 Stock, with the 1959 Stock being transferred to the Northern Line, replacing other 1938 Stock trains.
During the 1970s the East London Line was worked by 1938 Stock trains, replacing trains of Q Stock. Single 1938 Stock trailer carriages were also inserted into 1960 Stock trains; these were used on the Woodford–Hainault and Epping–Ongar sections of the Central Line.
With the 1959 Stock approaching life-expiry, five ex-Bakerloo Line trains of 1938 Stock were given a further overhaul in the mid 1980s. These were then used on the Northern Line for a further two years, being finally withdrawn in 1988 and sold for further use on the Isle of Wight (see below).

[edit] Nine-car trains
As part of the New Works Programme of 1935-1940, there were plans to operate nine-car trains of 1938 stock on the Northern Line. These cars were originally numbered differently from the other cars, the first digit '1' being replaced by a '9'.
The formation for a nine-car train was DM + NDM + SNDM + T + NDM + T + SNDM + NDM + DM.
With the scaling back of the planned extensions for the Northern and Bakerloo Lines, and the need to order further stock to balance the fleet(the 1949 stock), cars were renumbered in the early 1950s. The DMs and trailers had the '9' replaced by a '1', the DMs becoming 10324-10333, 11324-11333 and the trailers 012389-012408. Twenty-eight of the thirty NDMs were likewise renumbered, the exception being 92055 and 92058 which were rebuilt into UNDMs along with all twenty SNDMs. The twenty two cars rebuilt into UNDMs were renumbered 30000-30021.

[edit] 1935/1949 Stock
So successful was the 1938 Stock that, when in 1948 additional cars were needed, 91 almost identical cars were built, 70 non-driving-motor (NDM) cars and 21 trailer cars. These were known as 1949 stock and operated with the 1938 stock. They were numbered in the same scheme; the UNDMs were numbered 30022-30045, 31000-31045 and the trailers 012495-012515.
After World War II, the former 1935 stock streamlined DMs were rebuilt into trailers, and included with the 1938 stock, being renumbered 012477-012494. Before the war, three trailers were built for use with the streamlined DMs. These three cars differed from the 1938 trailers in that they were not equipped with compressors. However the cars were not delivered until after the war and with the DMs rebuilt the three cars became part of the 1938 stock fleet, being numbered 012412-012414, and fitted with compressors.

[edit] 58 trailers
In 1938 fifty-eight 'Standard Stock' trailers, originally built in 1927, were converted to operate with the 1938 Stock. These cars were renumbered 70513–70570. The first car withdrawn was 70550, as a result of damage sustained in an accident at Watford in 1962, and the last car, 70534, was withdrawn in 1973.

[edit] Isle of Wight

British Rail Class 483, no. 483001, pictured on mainline services on the Isle of Wight in 1989 was originally built as a 1938 tube stock train for London
The only examples still in daily use are the six units that survive operating the Island Line service on the Isle of Wight, and allocated TOPS Class 483. Ten sets (nine serviceable; a total of twenty cars) were bought by Network SouthEast from London Underground in 1988.
After running many years in NSE colours, the trains were repainted into 'dinosaur' livery. However, as of mid 2008, all trains had been returned to an approximation of their original LT train red livery; albeit with yellow fronts as per mainline regulations
'A' DM
'D' DM
LU
BR
LU
BR
10116
123
11116
223
10139
spare
11142
225
10142
125
11172
spare
10184
121
11184
221
10205
124
11205
224
10221
122
11221
222
10229
129
11229
229
10255
128
11255
228
10291
127
11291
227
10297
126
11297
226

[edit] Accidents
An accident involving 1938 stock occurred at Moorgate on the 28 February 1975. A train crashed into the dead end wall of the station, killing 43 people including the driver.[1]

[edit] Preservation

A 1938 tube stock train preserved at the London Transport Museum depot in 2005

A 1938 tube stock train preserved at Acton passes eastbound through North Ealing station on September 14th 2008
In addition, some other units survive in preservation, including cars from the first-built unit, which are preserved at the London Transport Museum Depot in Acton. The preserved sets have been restored into their original red liveries, one with an orange roof (Bakerloo line) and one with a grey roof (other lines). The four-car preserved set regularly ventures onto the LU system for railtours and occasional filming work.
'A' DM
T
NDM
'D' DM
Location
10012
012256
12048
11178
London Transport Museum, Acton
-
-
-
11182
London Transport Museum, Covent Garden
-
012231
-
-
London Underground, Acton Works (Scrapped, Booths, Rotherham 2006)
Key
DM
Driving motor
T
Trailer
NDM
Non-driving motor

[edit] References
^ Department of the Environment: Railway Inspectorate (1976). Report on the Accident that occurred on 28 February 1975 at Moorgate Station. HMSO. ISBN 0 11 550398 6. . "PDF copy" (PDF). The Railways Archive. http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/DoE_Moorgate1975.pdf.

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Thechange from good Beep and evil Beep is fantstic! So expetced, but unexpceted. Still great. Are they seperate figures/models?


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Thanks for the background info Seb. Good customs too!

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Really effective cute look! Makes me want to cuddle it!Claudia Brown!



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Are they seperate figures/models?Yep - I couldn't work out a way of having the two faces without two seperate models. I'll put up how I made them soon, along with pictures of the process. Glad you like him! (or don't, he is puWelcome to my new empire user. It is only fitting that you should bear witness to the resurrection and triumph of Seb - Lord and creator of Doctor Who Figures Online. Classic episodes watched: 69/160 (including TV Movie + 3 audio reconstructions)Most recent classic episode: The Sea DevilsMost recent new episode: The Fires of Pompeii



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Really effective cute look! Makes me want to cuddle it!A quote from Beep on the subject (from his first appearance, it's his thoughts when he is being cuddled) "It is still distatestful to have this Earth child stroking the fur of the Most High. He whose commands have made a thousand planets tremble! Later she will be punished for such familiarity. The Most High will enjoy giving her a Grundian Blood-Nog!"Welcome to my new empire user. It is only fitting that you should bear witness to the resurrection and triumph of Seb - Lord and creator of Doctor Who Figures Online. Classic episodes watched: 69/160 (including TV Movie + 3 audio reconstructions)Most recent classic episode: The Sea DevilsMost recent new episode: The Fires of Pompeii




Fantastic custom, and... for the first time.. I can say... IT'S BEEP THE MEEP! YAY! *ahem*



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Like I said in my comment about the whole story, you did such an amazing job with this. And the fact that you made two is brilliant and they both look so different and so similar at the same time if you know what I mean. They look different in the eyes (and both eyes look very cool. cute and evil) but the body looks exactly the same on both. Very well doneso good and cute! cool...

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Beep the Meep is one of the most evil characters ever to face The Doctor, though some believe he never has! The reason for this confusion is that the character has never been seen on television, he originated in the Doctor Who comic strips before appearing in a Big Finish audio. So who is Beep the Meep? Many years ago the Meeps were a friendly, happy race living on their planet, rather like Smurfs ironically. However a Black Sun came too close and the radiation warped their minds - turning them into evil creatures who enjoyed all forms of torture, pain and misery. Their deceptively cute features, and the way in which they can manipulate emotions, is their greatest strength. They can also use Black Star radiation both to hypnotise people and power their ships. Beep carries an energy pistol with him in a hidden pouch at all times. Having become evil they spread out from planet to planet coming up with disgusting ways to kill all their enemies. Leading the plan was ‘The Great High Beep’, also known as ‘The Most High’. Eventually the Star Council reluctantly agreed to the use of the Wrath Warriors, genetically engineered law enforcers, to wage war on the Meeps and wipe them out. At the final Battle of Varras the Meeps were destroyed, but one survived. Their evil leader Beep! His ship crashed down onto Earth where he enlisted the help of two young adults, Sharon and Fudge, to keep him safe. The Doctor also joined forces and helped Beep. Eventually he discovered the truth and fought against Beep, who was then captured. Later, however, he was released from prison. The Doctor foiled his next plan too though, trapping him in a children’s film entitled ‘For the Love of Lassie’. Having escaped from that (by tricking a girl into letting him out before killing her brutally) he travelled to 1979 in a parallel world and took control of the BBC Television Centre, planning to transmit Black Star Radiation and make everyone as evil as he was. However he believed the actor Tom Baker was his nemesis The Doctor, giving the real Eight Doctor the time to stop him. He then tried a similar scheme by controlling a TV company to get ratings up before transmitting Black Star Radiation whilst showing ‘Beep and Friends’ – a children’s TV show with a nasty twist, it made everyone to be as evil as Beep. This time the 6th Doctor foiled his plan and he was arrested again. He came up against the Seventh Doctor once, attacking him in a bar, but he only succeeded in starting a bar fight. What makes Beep so unique is that he knows he is evil and the fact that his looks are so different from his personality.