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Photo - 1959 Tube Stock interior

The interior of a 1959 Tube Stock driving motor car looking towards the trailing end guard's door control panels, as running on the Northern Line in the mid 1990s.  The interior is much the same as the original, except that electric passenger alarm equipment has been fitted along the left hand side of the upper ceiling.

The fluorescent lighting tubes mounted along the centre of the ceiling were exposed and easy to change.  They were probably the best lighting system LU ever had.  The lighting effect was consistently bright, as opposed to the new covered lighting systems so beloved of modern designers.  The covers collect dirt and condensation and are time-consuming to remove.  Unless regularly cleaned inside, the lighting levels soon become reduced.

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