Stewarts Lane

Stewarts Lane TMD
Location
LocationBattersea, United Kingdom
Coordinates51°28′21″N 0°08′38″W / 51.4725°N 0.1439°W / 51.4725; -0.1439
OS gridTQ289765
Characteristics
OwnerDB Cargo UK, Govia Thameslink Railway
Depot codeSL (1973-)[1]
TypeElectric, EMU
History
Opened1862
OriginalLondon Chatham and Dover Railway
Pre-groupingSouthern Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
BR regionSouthern Region
Former depot code
  • 73A (1948-1962)
  • 75D (1962-1973)[1]
A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Stewarts Lane

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.

  1. ^ a b "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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