OS grid SZ065918 Type EMU | Depot code(s) BM (1973 -) Owner South West Trains | |
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Location Bournemouth, South West England Former depot code(s) 71B (1948 - September 1963)
70F (September 1963 - May 1973) | ||
Bournemouth Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot is a Traction Maintenance Depot located in Bournemouth, South West England. The depot is situated on a spur of the South Western Main Line and is to the east of Branksome station.
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The depot code is BM.
History
The depot has two main buildings. The first was built as a four-track through-road carriage shed by the Southern Railway around 1930, and converted by British Rail to an EMU shed in 1967. The second was also built as a four-track through-road shed, and opened by British Rail in 1967. This latter building was modified with a two-track extension in 1986, to accommodate the upcoming Class 442 units.
In 1987, the depot had an allocation of Classes 423, 432, 438 and 492 EMUs. Around the same time, locomotive classes stabled there included Classes 09, 33, 47 and 73.
Allocation
As of 2016, the depot's allocation consists of South West Trains Class 159 Express Sprinters, Class 450 Desiros and Class 455, 456 and 458 EMUs.