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London Post Office Railway 1930 Stock

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1930 Stock Car No. 803 at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

The London Post Office Railway 1930 Stock and 1936 Stock was built by English Electric. These units comprised the bulk of the fleet from the 1930s until the introduction of the 1980 Stock. The articulated units were designed to replace the earlier unsuccessful 1927 Stock, which were prone to derailments.

An initial 50 units were ordered, being built in two batches from 1930 to 1931. They reused electrical equipment from withdrawn 1927 Stock units. Due to an increase in traffic levels, ten further units were built in 1936. The numbering details of units is shown in the table below:

1930 Stock (Batch 1) 1930 Stock (Batch 2) 1936 Stock Stock retained after 1984
Number(s)
Original Later
752 -
753 -
754 -
755 35
756 36
757 -
758 -
759 -
760 37
761 38
762 39
763 -
Number(s)
Original Later
793 -
794 -
795 -
796 -
797 -
798 -
799 -
800 -
801 40
802 -
803 -
804 -
805 41
806 42
807 -
808 -
809 -
810 -
811 43
Number(s)
Original Later
812 44
813 -
814 45
815 46
816 -
817 -
818 -
819 47
820 -
821 -
822 -
823 -
824 48
825 -
826 -
827 49
828 -
829 -
830 -
Number(s)
Original Later
923 -
924 -
925 -
926 -
927 -
928 50
929 -
930 -
931 51
932 -
Numbers Type
New Original
35 755 1930 (1st Batch)
36 756 1930 (1st Batch)
37 760 1930 (1st Batch)
38 761 1930 (1st Batch)
39 762 1930 (1st Batch)
40 801 1930 (2nd Batch)
41 805 1930 (2nd Batch)
42 806 1930 (2nd Batch)
43 811 1930 (2nd Batch)
44 812 1930 (2nd Batch)
45 814 1930 (2nd Batch)
46 815 1930 (2nd Batch)
47 819 1930 (2nd Batch)
48 824 1930 (2nd Batch)
49 827 1930 (2nd Batch)
50 928 1936
51 931 1936

After the introduction of the 1980 Stock, some units were retained, being renumbered into the range 35–51 in 1984. All remaining units were withdrawn in 2003 when the system closed.

Several units have been preserved, most of which are from the second batch of 1930 Stock. These are listed below:

London Post Office Railway rolling stock
Locomotives: 1926 electric locomotives
Electric units: 1927 - 1930 - 1936 - 1962 - 1980