London Underground A60 And A62 Stock
The A Stock (also known as the A60 and A62 Stocks) operated on the London Underground Metropolitan Line from 12 June 1961 to 26 September 2012, and on the East London Line from 1977 until 22 December 2007 (except in 1986, when One-man operation conversion of the fleet took place).
The trains were built in two batches (A60 and A62) by Cravens of Sheffield in the early 1960s and replaced all other trains on the line.
The A Stock was until September 2012 the oldest type of train in passenger service on the London Underground, also on any other Subway system in Europe. It was the only train to have luggage racks, separate motoring and braking controls and the last to have no automated announcements. The C Stock on the Circle Line and Hammersmith and City Lines are now the oldest.
Read more about London Underground A60 And A62 Stock: Development and Introduction, Design, Operation, Roster, Withdrawal
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