History of the London Underground and was followed by 1959 tube stock. After experiments with an AEC lightweight diesel multiple unit in 1952, steam trains were removed from the Central line following the electrification of the Epping–Ongar section in 1957. Between 1963 and 1970, London Transport reported directly to the Minister of Transport, before control passed to the Greater London Council. Electrification work on the Metropolitan line, suspended due to the war, had restarted in 1959. The line was electrified to and the unpainted aluminium (A Stock) replaced steam trains, British Rail providing services for the former Metropolitan line stations between Amersham and . The
London Underground infrastructure London Overground – at New Cross and New Cross Gate. Of the boroughs that the Underground passes through, Hackney is served solely by Manor House station on the Piccadilly line in the very north-western edge of the borough. For the most part however some of the tube lines like the Central line skirt around the edge of the Hackney rather than going through it. Greenwich borough was unserved until North Greenwich station opened on the Jubilee line extension in 1999. The lines are electrified with a four-rail DC system: a conductor rail between the rails is energised at −210 V