East Ham Depot
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East Ham Depot
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| Location | East Ham, London, England |
| Coordinates | 51°32′35″N 0°03′43″E / 51.5431°N 0.0619°ECoordinates: 51°32′35″N 0°03′43″E / 51.5431°N 0.0619°E |
| OS grid | TQ429847 |
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| Depot code(s) | EM (1973-) |
| Type | EMU |
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| BR region | Eastern Region |
East Ham Depot is a depot on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway line between East Ham and Barking station with the depot code EM. The depot is approximately 6 1⁄2 mi (10.5 km) from London Fenchurch Street station, and just west of the River Roding.
The depot was formerly the site of London Underground District line's Little Ilford depot from 1905 to 1958, when it was replaced by the District line's Upminster Depot.
It lies between the Down Main (towards Barking and Shoeburyness) and Up Main (towards East Ham and London) railway lines between the two stations. It is the main maintenance depot for the Thamesside franchise and is currently operated by c2c, working with Bombardier Transportation service technicians to maintain their fleet of 74 Class 357 Electrostar EMUs. It has an 11 road Shed, 8 road sidings, and 27 sets of points.
Number 1 - 8 and 10 roads in the Shed can hold 12 coaches, whereas 9 & 11 roads can hold 8 coaches. In the 4 Balloon Roads, 17 road can hold 8 coaches, and 18 - 20 roads can hold 12 coaches. In the Yard, 12 & 13 roads can hold 8 coaches, whereas 15 & 16 roads can hold 12 coaches. The Carriage Wash Road (outside the Shed's Inlet and Exit Roads) can hold 24 coaches, and is 6.35 miles from London Fenchurch Street. The short 14 road is no longer in use. There is also an office and a Traincrew Depot on site, as well as the West End Shunters' Hut next to the Shed Exit Road, and an East End Shunters' Hut next to the east end set of points of the Balloon Roads.
East Ham Depot won the Golden Spanner Award for Maintenance Team of the Year (Rolling Stock) at the Annual National Rail Awards in 2005 and 2006. This led to FM Rail choosing it as a base to clean and maintain their Mark 2 Blue Pullman train for a 12-month trial with an option to extend its stay indefinitely. Another factor leading to FM Rail's choice of East Ham over depots which would have been more convenient pathing wise such as Hornsey TMD or Ilford Depot may have been that East Ham had spare capacity and was therefore probably cheaper. When FM Rail went into administration in December 2006, they owed c2c about £40,000 and the Blue Pullman train and associated locomotives were bought by Cotswold Rail on 1 February 2007, who continued the maintenance contract with c2c at East Ham.
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