Bournemouth Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot is a
traction maintenance depot
The motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is the place where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained when not being used. They were originally known as "running sheds", "engine shed ...
located in
Bournemouth
Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...
, South West England. The depot is situated on a spur off the
South West Main Line
The South West Main Line (SWML) is a 143-mile (230 km) major railway line between Waterloo station in central London and Weymouth on the south coast of England. A predominantly passenger line, it serves many commuter areas including south we ...
and is to the east of
Branksome station.
The depot code is BM.
History
The site was originally the carriage sidings on the north side of the line between Bournemouth West Junction (the southern leg of the Branksome triangle) and . The carriage sidings had 11 roads before World War II (no. 1 road being closest to the main line); six more (12–16) were added during the war, with no. 17 road being added in 1956. The
Southern Railway had provided a four-road carriage shed that straddled roads 7–10.
Bournemouth West was closed as part of the 1966/67 electrification scheme. The line between Bournemouth West Junction and Gas Works Junction (the eastern leg of the Branksome triangle) was closed and lifted, and the carriage sidings were converted into a depot for the new
electric multiple units
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number ...
.
Roads 5 and 6 were lifted for the conversion, and roads 2 and 3 were truncated. A new four-track inspection shed was erected, covering the old no. 1 road, the two old main lines and a new road laid to the south of the old main lines. The carriage washing plant that had been installed in 1956 was retained, along with a long headshunt to the west for access. Bournemouth West Junction Signal Box was retained, but downgraded to the status of a groundframe.
In 1986 the inspection shed was modified with a two-track extension to accommodate the upcoming
Class 442 units.
Allocation
The original allocation was the entire fleet of
4-REP (Class 430, later Class 432) and
4-TC (Class 491, later Class 438) units. The spare 4-TC driving trailer could often be seen out in the open from the
A338 Wessex Way.
In 1987, the depot had an allocation of Classes
423, 432, and 438 EMUs.
Around the same time, locomotive classes stabled there included Classes
09,
33,
47 and
73.
The depot's current allocation consists of South Western Railway's
Class 159 Express Sprinters,
Class 450 Desiros,
Class 455,
456 and
458
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Year 458 (Roman numerals, CDLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Maiorianus and Leo (or, less frequent ...
EMUs.
References
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*{{cite book, title=British Rail Depot Directory, year=1987, first1=Neil, last1=Webster, first2=Robert, last2=Greengrass, first3=Simon, last3=Greaves, publisher=Metro Enterprises Ltd., isbn=9780947773076, oclc=20420397
Railway depots in England
Rail transport in Dorset