free web stats The London Underground is running vintage 1930s trains on one of its top lines next month – Zing Velom

The London Underground is running vintage 1930s trains on one of its top lines next month

YOU can ride on a vintage 1930s tube on the London Underground next month.

Dating back 160 years, the London Underground is the oldest transport system of its kind in the world.

Interior of a vintage train car.
London Transport Museum

Brits have the chance to ride on a 1938 tube on the Piccadilly line next month[/caption]

Red London Underground train at Uxbridge station.
London Transport Museum

However, tickets are limited and cost more than your usual ‘tap-in-tap-out’[/caption]

Red 1938 London Underground train at North Ealing station.
London Transport Museum

There will be three different journey types across three days in July[/caption]

And whilst the Piccadilly line is due to get new trains, the London Transport Museum is first allowing people to ride on an art deco Underground train from 1938.

The restored heritage train will be running along the Piccadilly line from Friday, July 11 to Sunday, July 13.

However, you won’t be paying the normal tube fare.

Riders will need to buy a ticket in advance, with prices varying according to each day.

On Friday, the train will take passengers on a return journey from Northfields and around the Heathrow loop via Terminal 4.

There will be four services throughout the day and a ‘gold ticket’ for the front carriage is £30 per adult and £20 for kids.

Bronze tickets costs £25 per adult and £15 per child.

On the Saturday, there will be three 90-minute return journeys from Acton Town to Uxbridge.

Tickets for these rides will cost £27.50 if you want to sit in the front or back carriages or £17.50 for children.

The rest of the carriages will cost £25 per adult and £15 for children.


On the final day – Sunday – riders can hop on for one of two one-way journeys from Ealing Broadway to Cockfosters for £30 in the gold car, or £20 for children.

Or £25 for the bronze cars (£15 for children).

Tickets can be booked on the London Transport Museums’ website.

According to Transport for London, the Piccadilly line opened as the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906.

Originally, it ran between Finsbury Park and Hammersmith and the line remained much the same until the 1930s when it expanded rapidly, incorporating stations which are now regarded as classic examples of period architecture.

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Heritage Train Journeys: 'Tube 160 Birthday Special' event.  Journeys from Acton Town underground station to London Heathrow T4 return on Art Deco-style 1938 vintage Tube train.  June 10, 2023. NB: VERBAL CONSENT FOR WOMAN AND BOY
Tickets can be purchased via the London Transport Museum website
London Transport Museum

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