Brighton Lovers Walk 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
Brighton,
East Sussex, England. The depot is situated adjacent to the
Brighton Main Line
The Brighton Main Line (also known as the South Central Main Line) is a major railway line in the United Kingdom that links Brighton, on the south coast of England, with central London. In London the line has two branches, out of and station ...
and is to the north of
Brighton station
Brighton railway station is the southern terminus of the Brighton Main Line in England, and the principal station serving the city of Brighton, East Sussex. It is from via .
The station is managed by Govia Thameslink Railway, which operates ...
.
The depot code is BI.
History
The depot was opened in 1848 as a carriage works by the
LB&SCR
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR; known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its ...
, being converted in 1933 to an EMU depot by the
Southern Railway. At that time, it had adjoining five and seven-track dead-ended buildings.
In 1987, the depot's allocation included class
421
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,
422
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and
423
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EMUs.
Around the same time, the depot was also used to stable locomotives, including classes
09,
33,
47 and
73.
Modernisation resulted in the five-track building being reduced to a four-track from 2002, and the depot was reopened for servicing
Class 377 units in 2006. A mix of
Bombardier Transportation and
Southern Railway technicians are based here.
Allocation
The depot's allocation consists of Gatwick Express
Class 387 EMUs, Southern
Class 377 EMUs and
Class 313 EMUs.
References
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Railway depots in England
Rail transport in East Sussex
Transport in Brighton and Hove
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