C69 London Underground
1969 Surface Stock, 2-car Set
(Circle & Metropolitan Lines)

C69 stock first entered service in 1970. The 'C' stands for Circle, in the same way as the 'A' in A60 denotes its use on Amersham trains and the 'D' of D78 relates to the District. The primary purpose of the C69 stock was to provide a high-capacity rolling stock fleet to carry the increasing numbers of passengers using the Circle, and Hammersmith & City lines. As the new trains entered service, they displaced the familiar COP flare-sided trains which had been used on these services since the late-1930s. The COP stock was transferred to the District Line, replacing the ageing fleet of 'Q' stock.

The standard formation is:

• DM-T + T-DM

Or:

• DM-T + T-DM + T-DM.

The units were built by Metro Cammell, of Birmingham, and delivered to Ruislip by rail and then transferred to Hammersmith depot to enter service. Initially, the outer ends of the trailer cars were not fitted with any driving equipment.

Any shunting or re-arranging of train formations required one member of staff to stand in the open doorway of the trailer car and shout instructions to the driver, at the opposite end in the driving car. This feature was remedied with the refurbishment, in 1990-94, when shunting controls were fitted to the trailer car.

A second batch of C stock was ordered in the late-1970s. This was destined, along with the D78 stock, to replace the COP stock, as well as the remaining 'R' stock on the District line. 'R' stock was a later set of revisions from the Q38/COP family. It was most easily identified, in later years, as it was finished in aluminium. The D78 was intended to work all the District main line services. However, due to short platforms at Notting Hill Gate, Bayswater and Paddington, the D stock proved to be unsuitable. A second order was therefore placed known as the C77 stock. Physically there is no difference, but the two types could be identified by the C69 having dark grey/black roofs, and the C77 were silver. Since refurbishment, they cannot be identified on sight.

Research and Master for the model designed and built by C Connor for Little Bus Company.

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