Cricklewood Depot

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Cricklewood Depot
Location
Location Cricklewood, Greater London
Coordinates 51°34′06″N0°13′30″W / 51.5684°N 0.2251°W / 51.5684; -0.2251
OS grid TQ231869
Characteristics
Owner Network Rail
Depot codeCW (1973 -) [1]
Type DMU, EMU
History
Former depot code14A (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]

Contents

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]

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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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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.

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