Old Oak Common depot
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| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°31′30″N 0°14′48″W / 51.5249°N 0.2467°WCoordinates: 51°31′30″N 0°14′48″W / 51.5249°N 0.2467°W |
| OS grid | TQ216822 |
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Great Western Railway Siemens Bombardier Transportation |
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| Type | Diesel, HST, DMU, EMU |
| History | |
| Opened | 1906 |
| Closed | No (Closed to steam in 1965) (Original depot closed in 2009) |
| Original | GWR |
| Pre-grouping | GWR |
| Post-grouping | GWR |
| BR region | Western Region |
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Old Oak Common TMD is a traction maintenance depot to the west of London, in Old Oak Common. The depot is the main facility for the storage and servicing of locomotives and multiple-units from Paddington Station. The depot codes are OC for the diesel depot and OO for the carriage shed. In steam days the shed code was 81A.
The area is also where two GWR main lines divide: the 1838 route to Reading via Slough, and the 1906 "New North Main Line" (present-day Acton–Northolt line) via Greenford to Northolt Junction, the start of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway line. The former is in use for regular passenger services; the latter is used overwhelmingly by freight trains and empty coaching stock movements.
The 'HST' section of Old Oak Common TMD, more commonly known as 'Old Oak Common HST Depot' is closing to traffic in 2018 with the removal of the Inter-City 125s from services on the Great Western Main Line. This closure is to make way for a brand new facility where Crossrail trains will be serviced and maintained. Maintenance of the new InterCity Express Trains will be carried out at North Pole IET Depot which is situated opposite the site of Old Oak Common TMD whilst the Night Riviera Sleeper will become based at Penzance Long Rock Depot.
Following the reconstruction of Paddington Station and the introduction of larger locomotives and new routes, the Great Western Railway required a larger depot than that at the 1855 constructed Westbourne Park, at which to service its locomotives and carriages.
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