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1938 Stock

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.

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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

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