Hither Green TMD

Hither Green TMD
Location
LocationLewisham, United Kingdom
Coordinates51°27′00″N 0°00′11″E / 51.450°N 0.003°E / 51.450; 0.003
Characteristics
OwnerDB Schenker
Depot codeHG (1973-)[1]
TypeDiesel
History
Opened1933
OriginalSouthern Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
BR regionSouthern Region
Former depot code73C (1948-1973)[1]

Hither Green (London) Traction Maintenance Depot or Hither Green (London) TMD is a railway depot used for the maintenance and servicing of freight trains adjacent to the Hither Green marshalling yard. The depot is a hub for moving freight around southeast England. Hither Green TMD is owned and operated by DBS. The official depot code is HG. In steam days the shed code was 73C.

The depot is situated south of Lewisham, to the southeast of Hither Green station between the railway station and Lee station on the Sidcup line and between Hither Green station and Grove Park station on the Orpington line.[2]

  1. ^ a b "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Griffiths, Roger; Paul Smith (1999). The directory of British engine sheds. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. p. 96. ISBN 0-86093-542-6.