London Underground Watford Joint Stock
- London Underground Watford Joint Stock
The Watford Joint Tube Stock was built for the service to Watford along both the Bakerloo line and the London North Western Railway. As a result, the cars were owned by both the underground and the London North Western Railway. To be able to operate on both lines, the car floors were convert|4.5|in|mm higher than other tube cars. This was a compromise height between the platform heights on the two lines.
The cars were ordered in 1914, but construction was delayed by The First World War. The first cars were not delivered until early 1920.
A total of 72 cars were built by Metropolitan Carriage and Wagon, 36 motor cars, 24 trailers, and 12 driving trailers. They were formed into 6-car trains and for the first time a motor car was used in the middle of the consist. For this to happen, there had to be a passageway by the switch compartment as required by the Board of Trade.
These cars were built with hinged doors to the passenger compartments, an arrangement that caused delays during station stops, as someone had to manually check each door before the train departed.
External links
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
**ltmcollection|zi/i0000azi.jpg|Joint Stock motor car, 1920
**ltmcollection|z6/i0000az6.jpg|Joint Stock motor car, side view, 1920
**ltmcollection|zf/i0000azf.jpg|Joint Stock trailer car, 1920
**ltmcollection|0a/i0000b0a.jpg|Interior view of Joint Stock car, 1921
**ltmcollection|zd/i0000azd.jpg|Joint Stock driver's cab, 1920
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