Birkenhead Central TMD explained
Birkenhead Central TMD is a former traction maintenance depot located adjacent to Birkenhead Central railway station, in Birkenhead, England. The depot was located nearby to the former depot at Mollington Street. The Birkenhead Central depot was closed in 1997, although the depot housing still exists along with all the track.
A single siding, nearest to the Ellesmere Port and Chester-bound platform of Birkenhead Central station, is frequently used for the storage of Merseyrail Classes 507 and 508 units.
History
The depot was used for the storage and maintenance of Class 503 units,[2] [3] [4] [5] as well as the earlier Mersey Railway electric units.[6] [7] [8] [9]
Future
The October 2017 Liverpool City Region Combined Authority update to the Long Term Rail Strategy mentions the opening of a new facility at Birkenhead to increase the depot capacity of the Merseyrail network.[10]
Notes and References
- Web site: The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes. 5 May 2006. TheRailwayCentre.com. 25 August 2016. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221651/http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Resource_data/AllTimeShedCodes.pdf. 17 December 2013.
- Book: Gahan, John W. . The Line Beneath The Liners: A hundred years of Mersey Railway sights and sounds. . Countryvise . Birkenhead . 1983 . 55 . 9780907768401 .
- http://railphotoprints.zenfolio.com/p444385336/h6D619AFB Rail Photoprints - Wirral, Merseyrail 750 V and Liverpool Overhead
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-diesels/6812452386/ Flickr - c.1981 - Birkenhead Central.
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/25691226@N07/6948734129/ Flickr - M28380M Birkenhead Central 10/11/83
- http://guttedarcades.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/central-railway-station-birkenhead.html Gutted Arcades of the Past - Central Railway Station, Birkenhead
- Book: Shannon & Hilmer . British Railways Past and Present - No.39 Liverpool and Wirral . Past &Present Publishing . Kettering . 2002 . 96 . 1-85895-199-2 .
- Book: Shannon & Hilmer . British Railways Past and Present - No.39 Liverpool and Wirral . Past & Present Publishing . Kettering . 2002 . 98 . 1-85895-199-2 .
- Book: Gahan, John W. . The Line Beneath The Liners: A hundred years of Mersey Railway sights and sounds. . Countryvise . Birkenhead . 1983 . 48 . 9780907768401 .
- Web site: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. Long Term Rail Strategy. 4 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021632/http://moderngov.merseytravel.uk.net/documents/s21686/Enc.%201%20for%20Updated%20Long%20term%20Rail%20Strategy.pdf. 7 November 2017. dead. dmy-all.
