| E Stock | |
|---|---|
| In service | 1914–1958 |
| Manufacturer | GRC&W |
| Specifications | |
| Car length | 49 ft (14.94 m) |
| Width | 8 ft 9+1⁄2 in (2.68 m) |
| Height | 12 ft 3+1⁄4 in (3.74 m) |
| Weight | 33.16 long tons (33.69 t; 37.14 short tons) |
| Seating | 48 |
| Notes/references | |
 London transport portal | |
The London Underground E Stock were steel-bodied cars built for the London Underground in 1914 by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company.
Thirty cars were built, twenty-six driving motor cars and four trailers. The E stock was based on the earlier C Stock and D Stock but differed in that the roof was elliptical rather than the clerestory roof of the C Stock and D Stock.
In the 1940s the C, D and E stocks were reclassified as "H Stock" (signifying hand-operated doors), along with other pre-1938 District Line rolling stock that had not been converted to have air-operated doors. The H Stock was largely eliminated by the early 1950s, following replacement by R Stock. The remaining cars were largely confined to the Olympia shuttle service. While the last example was withdrawn from passenger service in 1958, one motor car was used as a "Stores Carrier" car No. SC636, painted in the then-current LT service stock grey livery and fitted with side buffers and a screw link coupling at the cab end. SC636 was observed in use in the summer of 1960 but had been withdrawn by February 1962.[1] No E Stock car has been preserved.
They were generally similar in appearance to the B Stock, except that the E Stock had an elliptical roof.