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Published: 2008-08-28 07:08:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 150; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 2
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From the end of the platform at Paddington station whilst looking for Class 43 HST's, I also saw this, albeit badly obscured by the canetary of the main line and some trackside electrical equipment boxes.It is a London Underground C Stock [link] train in service on the Hammersmith and City Line. This stock is also used on the Circle Line, and also on the District Line on trains between Edgware Road and Wimbledon, due to short platforms between High Street Kensington and Edgware Road. The H&C and Circle Lines both use the older C69 stock, whereas the District Line uses a later model, the C77 stock. Although apart from the model number being different, there is no difference between the two variants.
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Might I ask which is the oldest stock in use on the Underground network?
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That would be the A60/A62 Stock of the Metropolitan Line. [link] Introduced in 1960, and features many a difference to other Underground units, including other surface stock. Despite their age, they are still the fastest units on the system, limited to 50 mph/80 kph, but unlimited can run to 70 mph/110 kph...
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Thats darn fast for an undergrund train, I think the stock we've got in Budapest can get up to 100 kph, or 110 with newer stock, though the latter could probably go faster than that. Of course, the speed is capped at 70 and 80 kph on respective lines, but still nice to see some more speeders
What I find peculiar about that stock you've given me the link to is the arrangement of the headlights, both on the right instead of on both sides. The stranges arrangement to me was of the headlights on this stock [link] Looks strikingly similar to a 5 on a dice
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The A60/62 Stock was in fact designed to incorporate the advantages of both an Underground train and a suburban EMU. Inside it has transverse seating in a 3 + 2 formation as opposed to longitudinal seats used on all other Underground trains, and to ease passenger flow, each carriage has three sets of doors per side, with luggage racks on board and space for cycles. They were designed to be run at up to 70 mph, due to connections outside of the city of London being rather spaced out, but were restricted to 50 mph later on to improve reliability and efficiency of the stock.
And yes, the headlight arrangement is indeed peculiar. I do believe that of all the current stock in service across the system, the A Stock is the only one to retain the single headlight cluster formation. Regarding your comment about the '5 on a dice' headlight pattern, there is a formation used on the 1938 Tube Stock of the London Underground that replicates the '5 on a dice' pattern perfectly. Example: [link]
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Yeah, I noticed that difference, but didn't really pay attention to it
And about the headlights, I just now realized that the link was broken, it was supposed to lead to the wiki article of the 1938 stock, I was talking about precisely that one!
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Oh... 
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