Vintage Tube train set to make 'glorious return' vandalised day before it was set to make journey through London
A vintage London Underground train has been vandalised, causing the last minute cancellation of its return to the Tube tracks, the London Transport Museum has said. The restored 1938 stock was due to travel on the Piccadilly line on Sunday (June 9), between Acton Town station in West London and Oakwood station in North London, but the damage has forced organisers to pull the plug. The old rolling stock was due to make six journeys from around 10am to 8pm, with doors only opening at each end of the journey. Ticketholders were meant to hear from an expert LTM curator about how they care for the 86-year-old stock, and take part in a talk about the architect Charles Holden, whose design influence is all over the London Underground network. On Saturday evening, an LTM spokesperson said: "This event has been cancelled. Due to vandalism to our beautifully restored 1938 Tube Stock train overnight we are not able to operate our planned heritage train journeys on Sunday 09 June 2024. T...