Cricklewood sidings currently provides stabling for passenger trains, and is the site of a former steam shed and diesel

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

Cricklewood Cricklewood is an area of London, England, which spans the boundaries of three London boroughs: Barnet to the east, Brent to the west and Camden to the south-east. The Crown pub, now the Clayton Crown Hotel, is a local landmark and lies north- ...

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, England. It is situated beside the

Midland Main Line The Midland Main Line is a major railway line in England from London to Nottingham and Sheffield in the Midlands. It comprises the lines from London's St Pancras station via Leicester, Derby/Nottingham and Chesterfield in the East Midlands ...

, to the east of Cricklewood station. 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 The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) is a waste disposal authority with responsibility for disposal of waste in the North London boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington, and Waltham Forest. History The NLWA wa ...

operates Hendon transfer station, which is located immediately behind the northern end of the site and accessed through the passenger sidings.

Freightliner Heavy Haul Freightliner Group is a rail freight and logistics company headquartered in the United Kingdom. It is presently a wholly owned subsidiary of the American holding company Genesee & Wyoming. It was originally created after the Transport Act 1968 ...

hauls a waste container train, nicknamed " The Binliner" from here to a landfill site at Calvert in

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...

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