Metropolitan line
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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 Hertfo
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
T Stock train passing Neasden Depot in 1959
The London Underground S7 and S8 Stock, commonly referred to as S Stock, is a type of passenger train running on the London Underground's subsurface lines since 2010. Manufactured by Bombardier Transp
Metropolitan line
…The Hammersmith & City line was shown on the tube map as a part of the Metropolitan line until 1990, when it appeared as a separate line. The current S8 Stock trains entered service between 2010 and 2012, replacing the A Stock trains, which had served since 1961. The section between Aldgate and Baker Street…
A Metropolitan line S8 Stock train at Amersham in 2013
The interior of a Circle line S7 Stock train
S8 Stock during testing near Northwood
Selective door operation (SDO) is used at some stations where the platform is shorter than the train, such as at Baker Street.