St Philip's Marsh depot
An InterCity 125 inside the HST shed | |
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Location | Bristol, England |
Coordinates | 51°26′48″N 2°33′57″W / 51.4468°N 2.5657°W |
OS grid | ST607722 |
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Type | HST |
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St Philip's Marsh depot is a
History
St. Phillip's Marsh steam shed
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In July 1910 a new shed was opened at St Philip's Marsh alongside a line which allowed through trains to avoid going through Bristol Temple Meads station. This new shed was mainly allocated freight locomotives including
St Philip's Marsh shed was constructed to
After 1948 and under
Marsh Junction depot
A four-road diesel depot was opened in 1959. Diesel locomotives were serviced at Bath Road depot after it was rebuilt a few years later but diesel multiple units (DMUs) continued to be serviced here. From 1970 the depot was used for maintaining permanent way plant and most DMU work was transferred to Bath Road.[4][6]
Half of the shed was extended 15 m (49 ft) in 2006 to give two roads long enough to accommodate three-car 23-metre (75 ft) DMUs to be maintained (in 1959 DMU cars were only 20 metres (66 ft) long).[7]
Philips Marsh HST depot
A site north of the Avoiding Line was used for the construction of a new maintenance shed 250 m (800 ft) west of Marsh Junction depot. This opened in 1976 and had three roads, each capable of holding an entire
Present
St Philip's Marsh T&RSMD is owned by Network Rail, operating under code PM, and leased to the present-day Great Western Railway. The site was used for the maintenance of their InterCity 125 trains which operated between London Paddington, Bristol and South Wales. Both Class 43 power cars and Mark 3 coaching stock were serviced here. It was also used to maintain their fleet of British Rail Class 150 Sprinter DMUs which had previously been maintained (for the Wessex Trains franchise) at Cardiff Canton. Currently, St Philip's Marsh maintains Class 158, Class 165 and Class 166 fleets.
References
- ^ Webster, Greengrass & Greaves 1987, p. 14
- ^ 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 27 August 2016.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d Lyons 1978
- ^ a b Ordnance Survey. 1:10565/1:10000. 1967-9, 1973-6
- ^ Lindop, Peter (11 March 2008). "First Great Western, St Philips Marsh Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot, Bristol". The Locomotive & Carriage Institution. Archived from the original on 16 August 2010.
- ^ Maggs 1981, p. 87
- ^ a b "Work progresses on modernised St Philips Marsh Depot". www.therailwaycentre.com. 26 October 2006. Archived from the original on 28 November 2006.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Johnson & Long 1981, p. 196
- ^ Lawrence, R.L.E. (1978), "The High Speed Train", Chartered Institute of Transport Journal, 37–38: 261
- ^ "Trainset maintenance aspects on BR", Railway Engineer, 1–3: 492, 1976
- ^ "New Bristol engineering depot", www.railwaystrategies.co.uk, 30 November 2006
Sources
- Fleming, D. J.; Barton, David (1980). St. Philips Marsh: Memories of an Engine Shed. ISBN 0851533884.
- Johnson, John; Long, Robert A. (1981). Bond, Roland C. (ed.). British Railway Engineering, 1948-80. ISBN 9780852984468.
- Lyons, Edward T. (1978). An Historical Survey of Great Western Engine Sheds 1947. Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0902888161.
- Maggs, Colin Gordon (1981). Rail Centres, Bristol. Ian Allan. ISBN 9780711011533.
- Webster, Neil; Greengrass, Robert; Greaves, Simon (1987). British Rail Depot Directory. Metro Enterprises Ltd. OCLC 20420397.
External links
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- 51°26′43″N 2°34′17″W / 51.44525°N 2.57141°W, St Philip's Marsh locomotive sheds
- 51°26′50″N 2°33′46″W / 51.44714°N 2.56291°W, 1959 DMU sheds