London Underground 1967 Stock London Underground 1967 Stock The London Underground 1967 Stock was a type of deep-level tube stock which operated on the Victoria line of the London Underground from when the line first opened on 1 September 1968 until 30 June 2011. Some of the stock was also used on the Central line between Woodford and Hainault between 21 February 1968 and 1984, as the same automatic train operation (ATO) system was used on both lines. A total of 316 cars (39.5 train sets) were built by Metro-Cammell, and the stock was refurbished at Rosyth. Withdrawn cars of Mk I 1972 stock
Timeline of the London Underground Timeline of the London Underground The transport system now known as the London Underground began in 1863 with the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway. Over the next forty years, the early sub-surface lines reached out from the urban centre of the capital into the surrounding rural margins, leading to the development of new commuter suburbs. At the turn of the nineteenth century, new technology—including electric locomotives and improvements to the tunnelling shield—enabled new companies to construct a series of "tube" lines deeper underground. Initially rivals, the tube railway companies began to co-operate in advertising and through shared branding,