The C Stock was built for the

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in 1910. The additional rolling stock was required to increase the frequency of the service (particularly given the introduction of automatic electro-pneumatic signalling which allowed less headway between trains), plus the four-tracking of the section west of

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which allowed a greater frequency of trains to and from

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History

Fifty-two cars were built by

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, thirty-two were driving motor cars and the remaining twenty were trailer cars. The design was based on the earlier B Stock and was the basis for the D Stock trains which appeared in 1912. In 1928 the 20 trailer cars were rebuilt into motor cars. In the 1940s the C, D and E stocks were reclassified as "H Stock" (signifying hand-operated doors), along with other pre-1938 District Line rolling stock that had not been converted to have air-operated doors. The H Stock was largely eliminated by the early 1950s, following replacement by R Stock. The remaining cars were largely confined to the

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shuttle service and were withdrawn from passenger service by the late 1950s. A few examples continued in use for a time, painted grey, as "Stores Carriers", before being finally broken up in May 1963."UndergrounD: The Journal of the London Underground Society", May 1963 page 11 The C Stock remains the only fleet of London Underground carriages to have been built in

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. No vehicles have survived into preservation. In appearance, they were similar to the B Stock.

References

* J. Graeme Bruce, ''Steam to Silver'', published by the London Transport Executive, 1970, pages 89–94 Metropolitan District Railway C Train-related introductions in 1910 {{London-tube-stub