R Stock
The District's post-war fleet. Later batches had aluminium bodies, and one train left unpainted as a trial led to the silver look of 1960s stock.
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- Type
- Electric multiple unit
- Built
- 1949–1959 (plus converted Q38 trailers)
- In service
- 1949–1983
- Lines
- District
- Profile
- sub-surface
- Preserved
- R49 car 22679 at London Transport Museum, Acton; R38 22624 at Mangapps Railway Museum
Sources
- London Underground R Stock, Wikipedia
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