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When is the last day of Metroplitain A-Stock service?

Unconfirmed reports are today

Wikipedia reports that today "was" the last day of full front-line service.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Und ... _A62_Stock

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Quite. But I'm willing to believe it. It's a Friday, after all.

Whatever date it is, R.I.P. A-Stock.

Didn't ride in any yesterday on my challenge, but saw at least two different A stock trains in service then.

Further investigation suggests that Friday was last scheduled use of A Stock. Last 10 to remain available until end of Olympic games.

Pity they didn't really publicise it, unless they're going to schedule a 'definitive' last train after the Olympics.

Saturday 29th September is the official last train tour so I suspect A stock will still be making the odd appearance for the next couple of months.

http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/friends/whats-new/events

The name "CF Booths" strikes fear into the heart of any train enthusiast. They are the scrapyard responsible for the disposal of a large number of the locomotive fleet of this country, and now they are getting rid of the majority of the A-Stock.

Here are a few shots of what happens when a train becomes surplus to requirements.

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/sho ... ember-2011

tubeguru wrote:The name "CF Booths" strikes fear into the heart of any train enthusiast. They are the scrapyard responsible for the disposal of a large number of the locomotive fleet of this country, and now they are getting rid of the majority of the A-Stock.

Here are a few shots of what happens when a train becomes surplus to requirements.

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/sho ... ember-2011

That's an excellent set of photos, especially this one:



Very menacing and post-apocalyptic...

Agreed they were excellent also very moving and sad

I'm certainly intrigued about the comments on the post about a few cars of 1967 stock being marked up as 'not to be scrapped'. Seeing as there's already a car preserved at Acton, one wonders what is to become of them.

This IS NOT true about Friday 29th as I went on one today whilst practising my Preston Road double-backs.

You need to practice your Preston Road double backs why? How much practice does it take to get off a train, cross about 6 paces across a platform and get the next train out?