London Post Office Railway 1927 Stock
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The London Post Office Railway
1927 Stock was built by English Electric
in 1927. Ninety of these four-wheeled units were built as the first stock used on the system.
Units were numbered 591-680, with trains formed of three units coupled together. However, these units were not very reliable and did not provide enough capacity for transporting mail through the capital. Therefore, they were soon replaced by fifty 1930 Stock
units. These new units reused the electrical equipment from the 1927 Stock.
One unit, no. 601, has been preserved at Mount Pleasant workshops.
London Post Office Railway
The Post Office Railway, also known as Mail Rail, was a narrow-gauge driverless private underground railway in London built by the Post Office with assistance from the Underground Electric Railways Company of London to move mail between sorting offices...
1927 Stock was built by English Electric
English Electric
English Electric was a British industrial manufacturer. Founded in 1918, it initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers...
in 1927. Ninety of these four-wheeled units were built as the first stock used on the system.
Units were numbered 591-680, with trains formed of three units coupled together. However, these units were not very reliable and did not provide enough capacity for transporting mail through the capital. Therefore, they were soon replaced by fifty 1930 Stock
London Post Office Railway 1930 Stock
The London Post Office Railway 1930 Stock and 1936 Stock was built by English Electric. These units comprised the bulk of the fleet from the 1930s until the introduction of the 1980 Stock. The articulated units were designed to replace the earlier unsuccessful 1927 Stock, which were prone to...
units. These new units reused the electrical equipment from the 1927 Stock.
One unit, no. 601, has been preserved at Mount Pleasant workshops.