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Withdrawn trains

Every train type that has left service on the lines this site covers, by the decade it arrived. So far that's the London Underground, from the Metropolitan Railway's steam engines of 1864 to the 1986 prototypes, and the first from the main lines: Royal Mail's Class 325 mail trains. The first from outside London are the Glasgow Subway's 1980 Metro-Cammell trains. Each is drawn once a source gives its dimensions, at the same scale as today's trains, so they compare with each other.

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The bar under each name spans 1860 to today, with ticks at 1900, 1950 and 2000: the stretch in ink is the years in service.

1860s 3

Metropolitan Railway steam-hauled carriages1863–1960 · about 122 ft (37 m) · Replaced by Metropolitan Railway 'Dreadnought' carriages
Metropolitan Railway A and B Class locomotives1864–1948 · about 33 ft (10 m) · Includes the District Railway steam locomotives.Replaced by Metropolitan Railway saloon stock
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundDistrict Railway steam-hauled carriages1868–1905 ·

1880s 1

Metropolitan Railway 'Jubilee' carriages1887–1907 · about 32 ft (10 m) ·

1890s 3

City & South London Railway 'padded cell' carriages1890–1924 · about 96 ft (29 m) ·
City & South London Railway locomotives1890–1923 · about 12 ft (4 m) ·
Metropolitan Railway C to K Class locomotives1891–1961 · about 32 ft (10 m) ·

1900s 9

Great Northern & City Stock1904–1939 · about 203 ft (62 m)Replaced by Standard Stock
District Railway B Stock1905–1945 · about 198 ft (60 m) ·
District Railway electric locomotives1905–1939 · about 58 ft (18 m) ·
Metropolitan Railway saloon stock1905–1936 · about 311 ft (95 m) ·
Gate Stock (1906 Stock)1906–1930 · about 150 ft (46 m) · Replaced by Standard Stock
Metropolitan Railway 'camel-back' and box-cab locomotives1906–1923 · about 36 ft (11 m) · Replaced by Metropolitan-Vickers electric locomotives
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundCentral London Railway 1900 and 1903 Stock1900–1939 ·
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundCentral London Railway locomotives1900–1903 ·
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundDistrict Railway A Stock1903–1925 ·

1910s 3

Metropolitan Railway 'Dreadnought' carriages1910–1961 · about 280 ft (85 m) ·
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundDistrict Railway C, D and E Stocks (later H Stock)1910–1957 ·
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source found1914 Stock1914–1935 ·

1920s 6

1920 Stock (Cammell Laird)1920–1938 · about 151 ft (46 m) ·
Watford Joint Stock1920–1931 · about 313 ft (95 m) ·
F Stock1921–1963 · about 202 ft (62 m) ·
Metropolitan-Vickers electric locomotives1922–1961 · about 40 ft (12 m) ·
Standard Stock1923–1966 · about 156 ft (48 m) · Replaced by 1938 Stock
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundT Stock (Metropolitan MV/MW)1927–1962 ·

1930s 8

Boat cars (English Electric)1934–2011 · about 43 ft (13 m) ·
1938 Stock1938–1988 · about 373 ft (114 m) · Includes the 1949 Stock.Replaced by Class 484
Q Stock1938–1971 · about 211 ft (64 m) · Includes the District Railway G, K, L and M/N Stocks.
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundBalloon double-deck cars (English Electric)1934–2011 · Replaced by Bombardier Flexity 2 (Blackpool)
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundCircle Stock1934–1950 ·
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source found1935 Stock (streamlined prototypes)1937–1976 ·
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundBrush railcoaches1937–2011 · Replaced by Bombardier Flexity 2 (Blackpool)
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundO and P Stock (later CO/CP)1937–1981 ·

1940s 1

R Stock1949–1983 · about 311 ft (95 m) · Replaced by D78 Stock

1950s 4

No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundCoronation cars1952–1975 ·
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source found1956 Stock (prototypes)1957–1995 ·
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundTwin cars (towing cars and trailers)1958–2011 ·
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source found1959 Stock1959–2000 ·

1960s 5

A60 and A62 Stock1961–2012 · 431 ft (131.5 m) · Replaced by S8 Stock
1967 Stock1968–2011 · 427 ft (130.2 m) · Replaced by 2009 Stock
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source found1960 Stock1960–1994 ·
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source found1962 Stock1962–1999 ·
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundIlluminated Frigate1965–2026 ·

1970s 4

C69 and C77 Stock1970–2014 · 310 ft (94.4 m) · Replaced by S7 Stock
1972 Mk I Stock1972–1999 · 374 ft (113.9 m) ·
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundOMO cars (rebuilt English Electric railcoaches)1972–1993 · Replaced by Centenary cars (East Lancashire Coachbuilders)
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundJubilee cars1979–2011 ·

1980s 6

D78 Stock1980–2017 · 364 ft (110.9 m) · Replaced by S7 Stock
Glasgow Subway Metro-Cammell trains1980–2024 · about 84 ft (26 m) ·
Metrocar (Class 599)1980–2026 · 91 ft (27.8 m) · Replaced by Class 555
1983 Stock1984–1998 · about 354 ft (108 m) · Replaced by 1996 Stock
1986 Stock (prototypes)1988–1989 · about 212 ft (65 m) ·
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundCentenary cars (East Lancashire Coachbuilders)1985–2011 · Replaced by Bombardier Flexity 2 (Blackpool)

1990s 3

Class 3251996–2024 · about 267 ft (81 m)
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundT68 and T68A (Firema and AnsaldoBreda)1992–2014 · Replaced by M5000 (Bombardier Flexity Swift)
No drawing yet: no dimensioned source foundT-69 (Ansaldo)1999–2015 · Replaced by CAF Urbos (West Midlands Metro)

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