1967 Tube Stock Farewell Tour

On Sunday, 15th May 2011, a special tour to commemorate over forty years' service of the outgoing 1967 Stock trains occurred. Labelled as the 'First and Last Tour', it commenced at Seven Sisters Platform 4, before briefly heading above ground to visit the Victoria line's depot at Northumberland Park. From there, the train headed back underground, and then changed over to the Piccadilly line via the crossover at Finsbury Park. Tripcocks were fitted to the train, so as to allow it to travel on lines with conventional signalling and manual train operation. The tour then headed to Uxbridge (via Hammersmith) and then travelled back to Acton Town for a journey to Ealing Broadway on the District line tracks. From Ealing Broadway, the train returned to Acton Town and travelled back to Finsbury Park along the Piccadilly line. The train then crossed back onto the Victoria line at Finsbury Park (probably the last time that a Victoria line train will ever perform such an operation), before resuming ATO operation for the final length of the journey, to Seven Sisters Platform 4 once more.

Videos - click on the video's description to view the video in question - (wmv format). The videos are listed in chronological order; with the earliest being first.

1	Train 767 arrives at Seven Sisters Platform 4 at the start of the tour.
2	Heading to Northumberland Park Depot - Part One
3	Heading to Northumberland Park Depot - Part Two
4	Arrival at Northumberland Park Depot - including a journey through the train wash
5	Departing Northumberland Park Depot - view of several stabled trains
6	Arrival at Seven Sisters Platform 5 (southbound)
7	Travelling westbound through Arsenal after crossing over to the Piccadilly line
8	Passing Ealing Common District line depot, again on the westbound Piccadilly line
9	Passing Eastcote station
10	During our lunch break at Uxbridge, various Digital Voice Announcements were played; this particular announcement reminds customers that smoking is not permitted on the Underground system.
11	Having heard the above announcement playing, I then asked to be given a demonstration of how the DVAs are played.
12	Passing Ealing Common depot once again; this time in the eastbound direction.
13	The train heads into the reversal siding at Acton Town from Platform 4.
14	From the siding, the train then re-enters Acton Town and stops at Platform 1 to allow re-boarding.
15	During our time at Ealing Broadway, various destinations were displayed on the blind.
16	Preparing to depart Ealing Broadway.
17	Back on the Piccadilly line, we pass through Gloucester Road and arrive at South Kensington.
18	Approaching the northbound crossover at Finsbury Park.
19	Traversing the crossover; complete with an unplanned, but brief, blackout!
20	Travelling in ATO from Finsbury Park to Seven Sisters.
21	With all passengers having alighted, the train departs Seven Sisters for its final ever journey to Northumberland Park Depot.

Photographs - I have split the photographs taken on the day into six pages. Clicking on any of the thumbnails in each row will take you to the corresponding photograph page.

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