Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Last few tickets for trip on vintage Piccadilly Line tube train this Sunday
Picture from Ianvisits via Flickr
Organised by the Transport Museum this weekend there is a chance to take a trip in the museum’s 1938 art-deco style tube train on the western section of Piccadilly Line down to Heathrow Airport.
There are three trips on the day – starting at 9:10am, 11:26am and 2:10pm – trips last about 2 hours.
You can either go grab a spot on a platform to take a few nostalgic photos or take a ride.
If you're up for riding HURRY - just 70 tickets left for the 9.10 trip
Cost: Adults £25; Children £15
You can purchase tickets for this trip by telephone on 020 7565 7298.
Picture from Ianvisits via Flickr
Timetable for Sunday 19th June 2011
| Passing Through | Journey 1 | Journey 2 | Journey 3 |
| Piccadilly Line | |||
| Northfields (platform 4) | 09:10 | 11:26 | 14:10 |
| Acton Town | 09:15 | 11:31 | 14:15 |
| District Line | |||
| Turnham Green | 09:19 | 11:35 | 14:19 |
| Hammersmith | 09:24 | 11:40 | 14:24 |
| West Kensington | 09:27 | 11:43 | 14:27 |
| Earl’s Court (platform 1) | 09:30 | 11:46 | 14:30 |
| High Street Kensington arrive | 09:34 | 11:53 | 14:34 |
| Earl’s Court | 09:44 | 12:01 | 14:44 |
| West Kensington | 09:46 | 12:03 | 14:46 |
| Hammersmith | 09:49 | 12:06 | 14:49 |
| Turnham Green | 09:56 | 12:11 | 14:56 |
| Piccadilly Line | |||
| Acton Town | 10:03 | 12:16 | 15:03 |
| Northfields | 10:08 | 12:28 | 15:08 |
| Boston Manor | 10:10 | 12:30 | 15:10 |
| Osterley | 10:13 | 12:33 | 15:13 |
| Hounslow Central | 10:17 | 12:37 | 15:17 |
| Hatton Cross | 10:24 | 12:44 | 15:24 |
| Heathrow Terminal 4 | 10:27 | 12:47 | 15:27 |
| Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3 | 10:32 | 12:52 | 15:32 |
| Heathrow Terminal 5 | 10:36 | 12:56 | 15:36 |
| Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3 | 10:45 | 13:05 | 15:45 |
| Hatton Cross | 10:48 | 13:08 | 15:48 |
| Hounslow Central | 10:54 | 13:14 | 15:54 |
| Boston Manor | 11:01 | 13:21 | 16:01 |
| Northfields (platform 4) | 11:03 | 13:23 | 16:03 |
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Takaokagiejin on
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When did these go out of service? I'm sure I remember taking them to school. Stephen Bin, font of train knowledge, can you tell me?
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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I think there were a few trundling around in the early 80s on the Bakerloo line. But they were quiet a rarity by then.
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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on
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1978
BTW, these units (Known as 1938 Tube Stock) weren't designed for the Piccadilly Line and only saw occasional use on it..
The Piccadilly Line had 1927 Stock until the late 1950s..
Until replaced by the 1959 tube Stock
Until replaced by the 1973 Stock
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Is this just Piccadilly Stephen? They definitely ran a few on Bakerloo in early 80s.
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I think the last were 'officially' withdrawn in 1978, but some were put back into service as a replacement for the 'lavatorial' sounding 1983!! Tube stock on the Jubilee Line (long since scrapped) which was serverely unreliable.. 1972 stock was transferred from the Bakerloo, which was replaced by some stored 1938 stock.
A few 1938 stock trains worked on the Piccadilly Line before the Victoria Line was opened in the 1960s, due to shortages of 1959 Stock after the trains were lengthened to cope with the serious overcrowding then prevailing.
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The Jubilee; that'll likely have been it. I was living over in West Hampstead.
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Permalink Reply by SarahC on
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I'm sure they used to run ones like this very occasionally on the Northern Line in the late 1980s - presumably in moments of crisis. They always seemed more spacious and comfortable than the normal ones.
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They certainly ran on the Bakerloo line when I was young (in the 1950s). The Bakerloo line then included what is now the Jubilee line between Baker Street and Stanmore.
If you look at the route map in the picture, it clearly displays the Northern Line.
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Yes Robert, the 1938 stock was intended for the Bakerloo & Northern Lines (as it became known in 1937) .. Similar stock was delivered in 1949, allowing for a couple of trains to work on the Piccadilly Line.
BTW, just for the record: the late lamented 1983 Tube Stock, which had a very short lifespan indeed..
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