1959/62 stock at Moorgate Met?

[LUYMun]

I was trawling through YouTube this evening when I came across this video, mainly showing library footage of Moorgate station in the 1990s. However one note of interest is that at the beginning, a 1959 or 1962 tube stock is stationed on the Met line terminating platforms with what seems to be a ribbon attached to the front and a "SPECIAL" destination rolled up.

Does anyone have any information on what this occasion was, and if possible the unit shown at Moorgate?

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[Dstock7080]

Definitely 1962 Stock.

 

[Turtle]

I was trawling through YouTube this evening when I came across this video, mainly showing library footage of Moorgate station in the 1990s. However one note of interest is that at the beginning, a 1959 or 1962 tube stock is stationed on the Met line terminating platforms with what seems to be a ribbon attached to the front and a "SPECIAL" destination rolled up.

Does anyone have any information on what this occasion was, and if possible the unit shown at Moorgate?

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Tie Rack. That takes me back.

 

[Sunil_P]

It was perhaps a Rail Adhesion Train (RAT)? Or was 1990s too early?

 

[Central]

RAT train started at Hainault in the 80s,one train was removed from service for leaf fall season and fitted with sanding gear.

 

[Dstock7080]

It was perhaps a Rail Adhesion Train (RAT)? Or was 1990s too early?

Not Tube Stock on the MET, would be undertaken by A Stock

 

[Roger1973]

I don't think RAT would have carried a ribbon bow across the driver's window on one end, or that any train would have moved like that.

Some sort of advertising / publicity event (either filming an advert for broadcast, or an event on the day) seems a more likely explanation, and for whatever reason a 'tube' rather than 'sub surface' train was wanted.

NSE liveried train behind it puts it as 1986 or later. My first thought was launch of 'capitalcard'* but that appears to have been 1985. Possibly re-launch of 'Travelcard' in 1989 when it and Capitalcard were merged.

Or maybe filming an advert for something completely unrelated. I don't remember seeing the image as part of the advertising for capitalcard / travelcard, but me not remembering it doesn't prove anything, of course.

* Travelcard was originally just LT services, Capitalcard was launched as Travelcard plus BR services inside the zone/s, then the separate LT only product was withdrawn and Capitalcard became Travelcard in 1989.