Location Brighton, East Sussex Depot code(s) BI (1973 -) Owner Southern | OS grid TQ306056 Type EMU | |
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Former depot code(s) 75A (1948 - May 1973)
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Brighton Lovers Walk Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot is a Traction Maintenance Depot located in Brighton, East Sussex, England. The depot is situated adjacent to the Brighton Main Line and is to the north of Brighton station.
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The depot code is BI.
History
The depot was opened in 1848 as a carriage works by the LB&SCR, being converted in 1933 to an EMU depot by the Southern Railway. At that time, it had adjoining five and seven-track dead-ended buildings.
In 1987, the depot's allocation included Classes 421, 422 and 423 EMUs. Around the same time, the depot was also used to stable locomotives, including Classes 09, 33, 47 and 73.
Modernisation resulted in the five-track building being reduced to a four-track from 2002, and the depot was reopened for servicing Class 377 units in 2006.
Allocation
As of 2016, the depot's allocation consists of Southern and Thameslink Class 377 EMUs and Class 442 EMUs.