Stewarts Lane
Traction maintenance depot in Battersea, London / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stewarts Lane is a large railway-servicing facility in Battersea in London, England, founded by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) in 1862, to serve London Victoria railway station. It is sited in the midst of a maze of railway lines between 'Factory Junction' and 'Stewarts Lane Junction', adjacent to the site of the former Longhedge Railway Works and the Stewarts Lane Chord formerly used by Eurostar trains from the Kent freight lines to Waterloo International station. Prior to 1962 it was one of the largest motive power depots in the UK. Following the end of steam traction in the early 1960s it was converted into a traction maintenance depot which is currently operated by Govia Thameslink Railway.
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Location | Battersea, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51.4725°N 0.1439°W / 51.4725; -0.1439 |
OS grid | TQ289765 |
Characteristics | |
Owner | DB Cargo UK, Govia Thameslink Railway |
Depot code | SL (1973-)[1] |
Type | Electric, EMU |
History | |
Opened | 1862 |
Original | London Chatham and Dover Railway |
Pre-grouping | Southern Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
BR region | Southern Region |
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