Cricklewood Depot

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Cricklewood Depot
Location
LocationCricklewood, Greater London
Coordinates51°34′06″N 0°13′30″W / 51.5684°N 0.2251°W / 51.5684; -0.2251Coordinates: 51°34′06″N 0°13′30″W / 51.5684°N 0.2251°W / 51.5684; -0.2251
OS gridTQ231869
Characteristics
Owner(s)Network Rail
Depot code(s)CW (1973 -)[1]
TypeDMU, EMU
History
Former depot code(s)14A (1948 - May 1973)

Cricklewood sidings currently provides stabling for passenger trains, and is the site of a former steam shed and diesel Traction Maintenance Depot located in Cricklewood, Greater London, England. It is situated beside the Midland Main Line, to the east of Cricklewood station.[2]

The depot code was CW.

Passenger train stabling[]

Trains berthing in the stabling roads between services are cleaned and have their water tanks refilled. Train types include East Midlands Railway Class 43 HSTs, Class 222 Meridians as well as Thameslink Class 700 EMUs.

Domestic waste operations[]

The North London Waste Authority operates Hendon transfer station,[3] which is located immediately behind the northern end of the site and accessed through the passenger sidings. Freightliner Heavy Haul hauls a waste container train, nicknamed "The Binliner" from here to a landfill site at Calvert in Buckinghamshire.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ^ Webster, Greengrass & Greaves 1987, p. 26
  3. ^ "Cindex - Services and organisations in Camden: Hendon Rail Transfer Station". Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Freight on rail: The London story". Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.

Sources[]

  • Webster, Neil; Greengrass, Robert; Greaves, Simon (1987). British Rail Depot Directory. Metro Enterprises Ltd. ISBN 9780947773076. OCLC 20420397.
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