Vintage Tube Event Cancelled Due to Vandalism
Heritage train journey was due to take place on the Piccadilly line
The 1938 train calling at Acton Town station. Picture: London Transport Museum
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June 11, 2024
A planned heritage train journey on the Piccadilly line this Sunday (9 June) had to be cancelled after the 1938 train was vandalised.
London Transport Museum did not give further details of the damage that was done or where it took place when it made the announcement on Saturday evening. Ticketholders were contacted directly to inform them that the trip was no longer taking place.
The restored 1938 Tube Stock train was due to travel from Acton Town station along the central London section of the Piccadilly line all the way to Oakwood station. The journey would have taken approximately 50 minutes before returning back to west London. Six return journeys were planned from 10am to 8pm.
The interior of the carefully refurbished carriage. Picture: London Transport Museum
Passengers would have heard from an expert museum curator about the work and care that goes into maintaining an 86-year-old train. In addition, at one station there was to have been a mini talk about the architect Charles Holden and how his innovative station design has played a major role in shaping the appearance of London.
The 1938 stock train was the first kind of deep-level Tube train to have all the electrical equipment underneath the floor, combining the latest technology of the time with quintessential late 1930s style. These trains served London, on several deep-level Tube lines, for half a century. This carefully restored electrified train is made up of four cars complete with green and red moquette seating, grab handles and distinctive Art Deco light fittings.
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