This unit was ordered specifically for the Aldwych shuttle until it was given a fourth car in 1989 and entered service on the Central Line.

This experience, plus rapidly increasing numbers of breakdowns, hastened the need to replace these trains (which dated back to the 1920s).

In 1961, BRCW asked to be relieved of their contract, as they were in financial difficulty, and the order was transferred to Metro-Cammell, and was delivered as a continuation of the 1959 stock.

[5] One complete unit was preserved by Cravens Heritage Trains in 1995 on withdrawal from service with London Underground.

However, CHT announced in January 2023 that their unit had been sold back to London Underground for spare part recovery to maintain LU's Railhead Adhesion Trains.