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Vintage 1938 Tube train runs heritage trips after vandalism

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Vintage 1938 Tube train runs heritage trips after vandalism

London Transport Museum The restored 1938 Tube train arriving at a platform, with lots of people standing on the platform, taking photos of its arrivalLondon Transport Museum

Ticketholders were due to travel along the Piccadilly line in the 1938 Tube train before it was vandalised

A Tube train vandalised after its restoration to its original 1938 condition will be back on the tracks this weekend.

The London Transport Museum (LTM) planned journeys along the Piccadilly line between Acton Town and Oakwood in June, but had to cancel because of the damage.

The Summer Special event is now running on 20 and 21 July to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the extension of the Metropolitan line out to Uxbridge from Harrow-on-the-Hill station.

There will be special trips on the 1938 burgundy Tube train between those two stations.

London Transport Museum Seven men, three of who are wearing purple gloves, standing by the restored trainLondon Transport Museum

Volunteers, curators and London Underground worked to get the train back on track

On arrival guests will receive a souvenir booklet and meet a costumed actor playing the pioneer in station architecture, Charles Holden, who designed both Acton Town and Uxbridge stations. 

London Transport Museum thanked volunteers, curators, and London Underground for the work in returning the train to its “beautiful” state.

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