Selhurst Train and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot

Selhurst Depot[2][3] is located in Selhurst, Croydon, England on the Brighton main line and is near Selhurst station. The depot code is SU.

Selhurst Depot
Location
LocationSelhurst, Croydon
Coordinates51.391329°N 0.084803°W / 51.391329; -0.084803
OS gridTQ333675
Characteristics
Owner(s)Southern
Depot code(s)SU (1973 -)[1]
TypeDMU, EMU

The depot occupies a triangle of land which is bordered on one side by the Victoria Lines and on the other by the London Bridge Lines. It was built on the site of the former Croydon Common Athletic Ground, where Crystal Palace F.C. played Football League match between 1920 and 1924.

Within the main office building is located Selhurst traincrew depot,[4] where many drivers and conductors are based. The depot has extensive stabling sidings, the three main groups of which are known as: Chalk, AC (which were so named because that was where the trains of the former AC system were stabled) and North. There is a large maintenance shed, an AC test rig (for dual voltage units equipped with pantographs), a train wash plant, and a cleaning shed. At the north east corner of the site near to Norwood Junction station is the smaller Norwood drivers' depot,[4] and beside it the diesel fuelling point. Selhurst is unusual in that the maximum speed within the depot is 15 mph rather than the usual 5 mph, and signalled train movements are permissive.

Allocation

In 2016, the depot's allocation consists of Southern Class 171 DMUs, Class 377 and Class 455 EMUs.

The depot is owned by Network Rail and operated by the Southern train operating company.

References
  1. "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 19 August 2016.
  2. Network Rail (3 September 2016). Kent Sussex Wessex Sectional Appendix LOR SO510 Seq 007. Module KSW1. p. 206.
  3. Quail Maps. Map#5 - Southern & TFL. [page 14c] Feb 1998 (Retrieved 2017-09-23).
  4. "Train operating company drivers' depots on the Traindriver.org website". September 2017.
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