June 28, 2025 - After withdrawal from the Northern ... were sent to Mayer Perry or CF Booth of Rotherham to be scrapped. The fleet was refurbished between 1991 and 1995 by Tickford at Rosyth Dockyard....

This train of 1972 MkI stock is one of four which has been re-numbered, refurbished and converted to One Person Operation, and which now operates on the Bakerloo Line. Unit 3566 leads Northbound train no. 225 which has just arrived at Harrow & Wealdstone.

November 11, 2021 - Hi. I've started a discussion on refurbishment. I would like to know more about the refurbishment programme and the updates so far.

From the time that the 1956 ... trains were Aluminium-bodied and it had been decided not to paint them; however, this stock’s doors were red from the outset, helping to distinguish it from its 1967 and 1972 MkI cousins. The fleet has undergone refurbishment in recent ...

The Mark 2 1972 Stock - still in use on the Bakerloo line - is scheduled to be replaced in 2033. Some 4 car units have also been converted to work as Track Inspection trains. Originally, it was planned to refurbish the 30 Mk1 stock and keep them running with the 1995 Stock but compatibility ...

Tubeprune - The Tube Professionals' Rumour Network Tubeprune is an unofficial web site for professional railway people working for London Underground and for those interested in the London Underground railway system. To the Tubeprune Home Page · 1972 Tube Stock - Train Formation - Equipment ...

July 3, 2025 - In late 2024 the first NTFL trains ... in London. The proposal introduces fully automated trains and signalling to replace 1972 Stock, 1973 Stock & 1992 Stock and increase capacity on the Piccadilly, Central, Waterloo & City and Bakerloo lines between 2025 and 2033....

September 21, 2024 - With the introduction of the 1983 ... 1972 stock on the Northern line was replaced by 1995 Tube Stock in 1999. The 1972 Mark 2 stock was extensively refurbished in the 1990s....

June 20, 2025 - The trains were built by Metro-Cammell between 1974 and 1977, and were refurbished by Bombardier Transportation between 1996 and 2001. They are some of the oldest trains running on the Underground, and in Britain as a whole, second only to the 1972 Stock running on the Bakerloo line.

Tubeprune - The Tube Professionals' Rumour Network Tubeprune is an unofficial web site for professional railway people working for London Underground and for those interested in the London Underground railway system. To the Tubeprune Home Page · 1972 Mk I Tube Stock as delivered.

The 1972 MkII stock, operating on the Bakerloo line was extensively refurbished in the 1990s, after their withdrawal on the Northern line some of the 1972 MkI stock where converted for use on the Victoria line with the 1967 stock. Two further 1972 MkI trains where converted to be compatible ...

December 11, 2021 - Bakerloo Line 1972 Stock 3299 leads train 231 into Paddington with a southbound service to Elephant & Castle ... Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in ... What has always confused me is why the 72 stock didn't get a refurbishment ...

4 days ago - TfL still has plans on replacing ... as the 1972 Stock found on the Bakerloo line with NTfL or a future model, but due to a lack of funding, it has been deferred to an unspecified date further in the future. Should a long-term funding deal with the UK Government be made, this may happen sooner. The refurbishment may have delayed said order. ^ This original format of the announcements were "this train terminates ...

The 1972 Tube Stock fleet, which ... that the 1972 Tube Stock will finally be replaced by new rolling stock under the Deep Tube Upgrade programme though this possibly will not occur until the late 2020s at the earliest (and as yet no replacement stock has been ordered). ... The fleet has undergone a refurbishment programme ...

March 18, 2015 - With replacement by new Tube stock ten years away at the earliest, the cost of keeping the 42 year old 72 Stock in service is increasingly beginning to bite

Production versions of refurbished trains began entering service on the Circle and Hammersmith, Victoria and Bakerloo Lines in 1991 and further refurbishment projects were carried out on the 1972 Tube Stock of the Northern Line, the A Stock on the Metropolitan Line and the 1973 Tube Stock on ...

Having been reading about the plans to retraction the 92 stock and the recent retractioning for the class 455 (SWR)/class 321 (the ones with Greater Anglia) in another forum, I was wondering why such

June 26, 2018 - We travel from Elephant and Castle ... old trains. ... The air literally smacks of change at Elephant and Castle. The thick scent of Tarmac floats across what was recently a roundabout, and is currently a gooey puzzle for pedestrians to figure out. And while the Elephant's facelift continues apace, there's another one going on beneath its skin. TfL is already in the midst of refurbishing its 1972 stock Bakerloo line ...

Entering service on the Northern ... to the Bakerloo line in 1977. When the Jubilee line opened in 1979 it used the 1972 Mk II stock while the Bakerloo line had 36 trains of refurbished 1938 stock.[35]: 406 The 1973 Stock ordered for the Piccadilly line was a new ...