London Underground A60 and A62 Stock
The London Underground A60 and A62 Stock, commonly referred to as A Stock, was a type of sub-surface rolling stock which operated on the Metropolitan line of the London Underground from 12 June 1961 to 26 September 2012, and on the East London line from 1977 until 22 December 2007, when it closed to be converted into London Overground.
A Metropolitan line A Stock train at Chorleywood in 2012
The interior of a refurbished A Stock car
A Stock (right) replaced F and P (left) Stocks on the Metropolitan line
A Stock at Rayners Lane station in their original unpainted livery
The Metropolitan line, colloquially known as the Met, is a London Underground line between Aldgate in the City of London and Amersham and Chesham in Buckinghamshire, with branches to Watford in Hertfordshire and Uxbridge in Hillingdon. Printed in magenta on the tube map, the line is 41.4 miles (66.7 km) in length and serves 34 stations. Between Aldgate and Finchley Road, the track is mostly in shallow "cut and cover" tunnels, apart from short sections at Barbican and Farringdon stations. The rest of the line is above ground, with a loading gauge of a similar size to those on main lines. Just under 94 million passenger journeys were made on the line in 2019.
A northbound S8 Stock Metropolitan line train at Croxley heading to Watford
Construction of the Metropolitan line near King's Cross station (1861)
12 Sarah Siddons with vintage train at Hammersmith
An up train passing Neasden Depot in 1959