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Euston Downside Carriage Maintenance Depot

The disused depot seen from the main line in 2014
Location
Location	Camden, London
Coordinates	51°31′59″N 0°8′34″W / 51.53306°N 0.14278°W / 51.53306; -0.14278
OS grid	TQ288833
Characteristics
Owner	Network Rail
Depot code	EN (1973 -)
Type	Diesel
History
Opened	1905
Closed	2004

Euston Downside Carriage Maintenance Depot was a carriage maintenance depot located in Camden, London, England. The depot was situated on the west side of the West Coast Main Line to the north of London Euston station.

History

The depot, which was used to maintain railway carriages for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and, after nationalisation, for British Railways, was completed in 1905. Over time the focus of the maintenance activities at the depot changed from passenger carriages to freight locomotives. In 1995, a consortium known as North and South Railways purchased the parcels division of British Rail and, with it, the Euston Downside Carriage Maintenance Depot. North and South Railways became English, Welsh & Scottish Railway and was subsequently acquired by Deutsche Bahn becoming DB Cargo UK. The depot subsequently became known as the "DB Cargo Shed".

After locomotive-hauled trains were replaced by Pendolinos in 2002 and the Royal Mail traffic was transferred to the roads in 2003, the depot became obsolete and closed in 2004.

In 2018 the depot was demolished in advance of the start of tunnelling work for the High Speed 2 Euston approach tunnels and the extension of Granby Terrace Bridge.

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. ^ ""The Railway Boom"". HS2. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
3. "Report - Euston Downside Depot - July 2015". 28 Days Later. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
4. Webster, Greengrass & Greaves 1987, p. 33
5. "Rail Privatisation". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Hansard, House of Commons. 27 December 1996. volume 296, 275W.
6. "Confirmed – Wisconsin Central buys Rail express systems" Rail issue 268 20 December 1995 page 9
7. Annual Accounts for 9 months ended 31 December 2007: English Welsh & Scottish Railway Holdings Limited
8. "Demolition works at DB Cargo shed". HS2. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
9. "Pendolino to attack the London - Manchester market." Archived 28 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine Rail Engineer, 1 February 2003.
10. Jones, Alan (6 June 2003). "Royal Mail switches post transport from rail to road and air". www.independent.co.uk. The Independent.
11. "Buildings near Euston". Narkive. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
12. "First look at HS2's Euston tunnel portal site". GOV.UK. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

Bibliography

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

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