Clacton Servicing Depot

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Clacton Carriage Servicing Depot
Location
Location Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
Coordinates 51°47′43″N1°09′18″E / 51.7954°N 1.1549°E / 51.7954; 1.1549 Coordinates: 51°47′43″N1°09′18″E / 51.7954°N 1.1549°E / 51.7954; 1.1549
OS grid TM176154
Characteristics
Owner(s) Greater Anglia
Depot code(s)CC (1973 -) [1]
Type EMU

Clacton Carriage Servicing Depot is a stabling point located in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England. The depot is situated on the western side of the Great Eastern Main Line and is adjacent to Clacton-on-Sea station. [2]

Contents

The depot code is CC.

History

Opened by British Rail in 1981, the depot was built with a three-road dead-end shed. [3] Around 1987, the depot had an allocation of Classes 302, 308, 309, 312 and 313 EMUs. [4] The depot lost its allocation of rolling stock in 1994, and was put to various uses before being scheduled for reopening around 2009. [3]

Present

As of 2021, stabling is provided for Greater Anglia Class 321 EMUs. [5] The depot currently carries out cleaning and the servicing for the trains, during the night. [6]

In 2020, as part of Greater Anglia's rolling stock update strategy, a train lifting system was introduced so that trains could be lifted up from the depot floor. The previous system could lift a 4 car EMU but has now been upgraded so that they could lift a Class 755 BMU. [7]

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  3. 1 2 Smith & Stuart 2010 , p. 26
  4. Marsden 1987 , p. 32
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