Demise
One unit was used to trial a system of fully automatic train control on the Woodford to Hainault branch in the early 1980s. The original ATO equipment had reached the end of its life by 1986, and three trains were converted for manual one-person operation. In the 1990s, one of these 3-car trains operated the peak-only Epping to Ongar shuttle service. The 1960 stock was withdrawn when that line closed in September 1994.
One of the 1960 Stock trains is still owned by LUL and remains in use as track recording unit, running with a 1973 Stock centre trailer. The original 1960 track recording cars were scrapped because of asbestos contamination, and two of the retired motor cars were converted to replace them. A second unit is owned by Cravens Heritage Trains. It is kept at Ruislip depot, and has been used for railtours and filming work since it was purchased in 1995.
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