Fratton Traincare Depot

Fratton Traincare Depot is a traction maintenance depot in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The depot occupies the site alongside Fratton railway station, with two of the sidings right next to Goldsmith Avenue. It has a carriage washer and is the fuelling point for the 158s and 159s.

Fratton Traincare Depot
Location
LocationPortsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Coordinates50.7953°N 1.0695°W / 50.7953; -1.0695
OS gridSU655000
Characteristics
Depot code(s)
  • FRA
  • FTON[1]
  • 71D (1948-1954)
  • 70F (1954-1963)
  • Uncoded SP (1963-1973)
  • FR (1973-)[2]
TypeDMU, EMU
History
Opened1891

The depot has a train shed with two pitted roads for maintenance of rolling stock. Class 444 and 450 units berth overnight there, and there are stabling sidings and bay platforms at Portsmouth & Southsea station all of which come under the control of the depot at night.

Trains stabled here are generally Class 444 and 450 Desiros, but 158 and 159 diesel trains are occasionally also stabled here. Great Western Railway and Southern stop at Fratton, and can stop their 158, 313 and 377 trains in the depot if need be.

History

The London Brighton and South Coast Railway and the London and South Western Railway jointly built a motive power depot at Fratton in 1891, replacing an earlier one at Portsmouth Town station. It was of the double roundhouse type. It came under the ownership of Southern Railway (Great Britain) in 1923 and British Railways in 1948. This building was badly damaged by bombs during the Second World War but repaired in 1948. It closed 2 November 1959, but the building continued to be used for stabling locomotives for several years. They were demolished in 1969.[3]

In 1987, the depot had an allocation of Classes 412, 421 and 423 EMUs.[1] Although, Classes 08, 09, 33 and 47 could also usually be seen stabled at the depot.[4]

References
  1. Marsden 1987, pp. 50–51
  2. "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. Hawkins & Reeve 1979, pp. 38–39
  4. Webster, Greengrass & Greaves 1987, p. 35

Sources
  • Hawkins, Chris; Reeve, George (1979). An historical survey of Southern sheds. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 9780860930204. OCLC 6736395.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Marsden, Colin J. (1987). BR Depots. Motive power recognition. 6. Ian Allan Ltd. ISBN 9780711017191. OCLC 18685680.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Webster, Neil; Greengrass, Robert; Greaves, Simon (1987). British Rail Depot Directory. Metro Enterprises Ltd. ISBN 9780947773076. OCLC 20420397.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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