D STOCK DEPARTS PHILIP SHERRATT SAYS FAREWELL TO AN OLD FRIEND

摘要

FOR EVERY rail enthusiast, there are trains which are symbolic of their earliest memories of travelling by rail. Growing up within earshot of the eastern end of the District Line, mine must be London Underground's'D'Stock, and although I can't recall it, my first rail journey was almost certainly on a D Stock train. The 75-strong fleet was ordered to replace the 'CO/CP' and 'R' Stock trains, and the first entered service on 28 January 1980.The design was notable for the use of single-leaf doors, a first for the Underground and, aside from the short-lived 1983 tube stock for the Jubilee Line, an exercise not repeated.