Landore TMD

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Coordinates: 51°38′24″N 3°56′24″W / 51.640°N 3.940°W / 51.640; -3.940
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Landore TMD
Location
LocationLandore, Wales
Coordinates51°38′24″N 3°56′24″W / 51.640°N 3.940°W / 51.640; -3.940
OS gridSS657953
Characteristics
OwnerNetwork Rail
OperatorChrysalis Rail
Depot codeLE (1973-Present)[1]
History
Former depot code
  • LDR
  • 87E (1948-1969)
  • 87A (1969-1973)[1]
Former rolling stock

Landore TMD is a railway

traction maintenance depot situated in Landore, a district of Swansea, Wales. There was a shed for steam locomotives here, and in 1963 British Rail opened a purpose-build diesel depot. Under privatisation the depot was operated by Great Western Railway to service its fleet of InterCity 125s
until it closed in December 2018. The site reopened in September 2019 as a rolling stock refurbishment centre.

History

The Great Western Railway built a shed a Landore in 1932.[8]

Under British Rail, Landore shed was given the shed code 87E and from 1949 all locomotives allocated there bore a small plate showing this code. In 1950 there were 60 locomotives allocated to Swansea of which 34 were tank locomotives. By 1959 the total number had risen to 68 but only 33 of these were shunters.[2] The steam shed was closed in June 1961,[9] and in 1963 a new purpose-build diesel depot was opened. Under the BR TOPS system introduced in 1973 this new depot was given the depot code LE.[1]

In 1979, there were 24 shunters allocated to Landore, and 54 main-line locomotive, predominantly

steelworks or oil facilities.[12]

The depot held its first open day on 30 August 1980. At the time, the depot was operating 24 hours a day and consisted of a 70,000 imperial gallons (320,000 L) fuelling point, Servicing Shed and a four-road Maintenance Shed fitted with two 3.5 long tons (3.6 t) overhead cranes. The depot was also the base for a 45 long tons (46 t) steam crane.[13]

In the 21st century, the depot was operated by

Maliphant depot.[14]

In September 2019, Chrysalis Rail reopened the site as a rolling stock refurbishment centre, its first project being on Abellio ScotRail Class 156 units.[15][16] It has since worked on some Transport for Wales Rail Class 153 units.

References

  1. ^ a b c "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 26 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Bolger 1983, pp. 99–100.
  3. ^ BR locoshed 1979, p. 5.
  4. ^ BR locoshed 1979, pp. 5–11.
  5. ^ BR locoshed 1979, pp. 18–21.
  6. ^ BR locoshed 1979, pp. 22–29.
  7. ^ Till 1977, pp. 15–16.
  8. ^ Bolger 1983, p. 99.
  9. ^ Bolger 1983, p. 100.
  10. ^ BR locoshed 1979, pp. 5–29.
  11. ^ Wood & Woodley 1979, p. 57.
  12. ^ Wood & Woodley 1979, p. 62.
  13. ^ B.R. Landore Open Day souvenir brochure. British Rail Western Region. 30 August 1980. pp. 1–2.
  14. ^ "Landore Loco". Railways Illustrated. No. 187. September 2018. pp. 54–58.
  15. Rail Magazine
    . No. 885. 14 August 2019. p. 27.
  16. ^ "Chrysalis takes over Landore Depot". Modern Railways. No. 852. September 2019. p. 85.

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