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Bringing on the next generation: Art Deco tube trips return

SOLD-OUT ticketsandpositivesupport fromTransport for London led to a successful weekend of Art Deco 1938 tube train running on the Metropolitan line over September 3/4, with the LondonTransport Museum committed to running more trips in future.

The exquisitely-restored four-car set ran its first public trips since 2019, operating three tips each day between Amersham and Watford, with a final single journey to Harrow on the Hill, from where it ran into Neasden Depot each evening.

Immaculate both inside and out, the set was restored to operational condition in 1999.

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