Route London Underground District Line Upminster - Ealing Broadway/richmond

INTRODUCTION

Today I will be suggesting the District Line operated by London Underground (owned by Transport For London.) This route will have 46 stations in total and will be 26 miles (41 km) long.


THE ROUTE

The route starts at Upminster, located in East London, ending at Ealing Broadway and Richmond, located in West London & South-west London

STATIONS

• Upminster
• Upminster Bridge
• Homchurch
• Elm Park
• Dagenham East
• Dagenham Heathway
• Becontree
• Upney
• Barking
• East Ham
• Upton Park
• Plaistow
• Bromley-By-Bow
• Bow Road
• Mile End
• Stepney Green
• Whitechapel
• Aldgate East
• Tower Hill
• Monument
• Cannon Street
• Mansion House
• Blackfrias
• Temple
• Embankment
• Westminster
• St. James Park
• Victoria
• Sloane Sqaure
• South Kensington
• Gloucester
• Earl's Court
• West Kensington
• Barons Court
• Hammersmith
• Ravenscourt Park
• Stamford Brook
• Turnham Green
• Chiswick Park
• Acton Town
• Ealing Common
• Ealing Broadway

*from turnham Green - richmond*
• Gunnesbury
• Kew Garderns
• Richmond


ROLLING STOCK



S7 STOCK


The S7 stock manufactured Bombardier Transportation at Derby Litchurch Lane Works as part of the Movia family 133 of these seven car trains were built from 2008- 2017 these trains have a maximum operating speed of 62 mph (100 km/h) and use CBTC and TRIPCOCK.

S7 (7 car, fourth rail,used on Dc electrified lines )


S7 - 1,209 seats 62 mph (100 km/h)

Services:
Upminster - Richmond
Upminster - Ealing Broadway

Richmond - Tower Hill
Richmond - Barking
Richmond - Hammersmith
Richmond - Highstreet Kensington
Richmond - Dagenham East

Ealing Broadway - Dagenham East
Ealing Broadway- Tower Hill
Ealing Broadway - Barking
Ealing Broadway - Highstreet Kensington
Ealing Broadway - Hammersmith

This train would also do additional services from Barking to aldgate East as a Hammersmith and city line train


This train would run as a circle line from Tower Hill to Gloucester Road


POTENTIAL ADD-ONS

1973 STOCK


The 1973 stock manufactured by Metro-Cammell as a deep tube stock. 87½ of these six-car trains were built from 1974–1977. These trains have a maximum speed of 45 mph (72 km/h), and the safety systems enabled are Tripcock.


1973 (6 car, fourth rail,used on Dc electrified lines )

1973 - 684 seats 45 mph (72 km/h)

Services:

This train would run as a picadilly line from South Kensington - Ealing Common



D78 STOCK

The D78 stock manufactured by Metro-Cammell 75 of these six-car trains were built from 1978–1981. These trains have a maximum speed of 72 km/h (45 mph), and the safety systems enabled are Tripcock.

D78 (6 car, fourth rail,used on Dc electrified lines )


D78 - 821 seats 45 mph (72 km/h)

Services:

This train would operate the same services as the S stock


LAYERS

-378 drivable from Richmond- Gunnesbury Gunnesbury

AI

-AI gwr stock st Ealing Broadway
-AI 710/2 at Barking

DEPOTS

Upminster
Ealing Common
Lillie Bridge

CONCLUSION
Thanks for reading my suggestion and do you think this would be a good route for tsw6?

 

Very nice suggestion, Metropolitan line will b first