Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The 8 car 1959/1962 tube stock train departs from Newbury Park station.
The purpose of this special train is to lay an adhesive gel on the rails. This is to help the train when braking by preventing it from sliding out of control on the slippery slime created in the autumn leaf-fall season when tree leaves fall on to the tracks. Normally this train works at the eastern end of the London Underground Central line and a 5 car train works at the western end of the Central line.
Only 'open air' sections of the railway needs this special treatment - and not the central London portion of the Central line as this is wholly underground.
The 8 car 1959/1962 tube stock train departs from Newbury Park station.
The purpose of this special train is to lay an adhesive gel on the rails. This is to help the train when braking by preventing it from sliding out of control on the slippery slime created in the autumn leaf-fall season when tree leaves fall on to the tracks. Normally this train works at the eastern end of the London Underground Central line and a 5 car train works at the western end of the Central line.
Only 'open air' sections of the railway needs this special treatment - and not the central London portion of the Central line as this is wholly underground.
