Crewe Carriage Sidings

Crewe Carriage Sidings
Location
LocationCrewe, Cheshire
Coordinates53°04′52″N 2°25′39″W / 53.0811°N 2.4276°W / 53.0811; -2.4276
OS gridSJ714538
Characteristics
OwnerNetwork Rail
OperatorArriva TrainCare
Depot codeCP (1973-)[1]
TypeDMU, EMU, Diesel

Crewe Carriage Sidings (alternatively Crewe Carriage Depot, and also as Crewe L&NWR)[2][3] is a stabling point located in Crewe, Cheshire, England, on the eastern side of the West Coast Main Line, between that line and the line to Alsager, to the south of Crewe station.[2]

History

The main shed was opened by the London & North Western Railway prior to 1910, as a seven-track through-road shed. By the 1960s, this shed was used by British Rail for stabling multiple units. The three-track bay, closest to the West Coast Main Line, was refurbished after 1996.[3] The second building is a three plus one-track through-road shed, built in 1999.[3]

Present

The second shed, seen from the Crewe-Derby line in 2014

It provides stabling for Transport for Wales Rail Class 67, Mark 4 carriages, Driving Van Trailers, Class 150, and Class 158s, West Midlands Trains Class 350s and Avanti West Coast Class 221s.[citation needed] It has been occupied by Arriva TrainCare and its predecessors, LNWR and Waterman Railways, since 1996.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b Webster, Greengrass & Greaves 1987, p. 24
  3. ^ a b c Smith & Stuart 2010, p. 31
  4. ^ "The New Crewe Works" Rail issue 272 14 February 1996 pages 68-70
  5. ^ "Crewe's new charter carriage depot" Rail issue 297 29 January 1997 pages 46-47

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