NorthKent1989
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All the Sub-Surface lines now share more or less the same stock:
Met Line S8 and D/C/H&C lines S7, differences between them being train lengths and type of seating.
I recall there was some talk a few years ago of sending some Met line trains to Barking/Upminster from the Met Main line itself but could only be done with re-signalling.
Interestingly in the 1930s-1940s, the tube map does show all the Sub-Surface lines (including the East London line at this point) under the one banner of tge
Metropolitan-District line in which on the map the line was coloured District Green
Only the services remained firmly separate and you couldn't get a train from
New Cross to Aylesbury nor could you go from Hounslow West to Upminster.
Could the Sub Surface lines be more interchangeable in the future?
Met Line S8 and D/C/H&C lines S7, differences between them being train lengths and type of seating.
I recall there was some talk a few years ago of sending some Met line trains to Barking/Upminster from the Met Main line itself but could only be done with re-signalling.
Interestingly in the 1930s-1940s, the tube map does show all the Sub-Surface lines (including the East London line at this point) under the one banner of tge
Metropolitan-District line in which on the map the line was coloured District Green
Only the services remained firmly separate and you couldn't get a train from
New Cross to Aylesbury nor could you go from Hounslow West to Upminster.
Could the Sub Surface lines be more interchangeable in the future?