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The Museum Depot is located in Acton, west London, and was opened in October 1999. The depot holds the majority of the museum's collections which are not on display in the main museum in Covent Garden. It is the base for the museum's curators and conservators, and is used for the display of items too large to be accommodated in the main ...
Acton Town is a London Underground station in the south-west corner of Acton, West London, ... [11] (as known as London Transport Museum Depot or Museum Depot).
North Acton has a large Great Western Railway housing estate (now privately owned), [47] and the Old Oak Common TMD railway depot is within the usual boundary, as is the London Transport Museum Depot which houses an extensive collection of historic and heritage rolling stock. Acton Main Line station has a busy freight yard (operating ballast ...
Access to the London Transport Museum Depot and its associated yard, which is located at the south-eastern corner of the main depot, is provided by a service road called Museum Way, which turns off the A4000 Gunnersbury Lane opposite Acton Town station. [28] The museum building and yard are linked to the main depot by rail, but access is ...
At the depot, Tim learns more about the Art on the Underground project and rides in a Unimog road–rail hybrid shunter. 9 29 August 2023 Acton Works The large Acton Works engineering facility and the former South Acton / Acton Town shuttle service. At the depot, Tim inspects the innovative 38 Stock and learns about the Tube's energy-efficiency ...
The following year, a Depot Engineering Support Unit (DESU) opened at Ealing Common Depot, located on sidings at its eastern end, but this was short-lived, and the functions of the Support Unit were relocated back to Acton Works soon afterwards, with the building at Ealing Common being used to store items from the London Transport Museum's ...
Four cars owned by the London Transport Museum have been formed into a four-car unit, consisting of DM 3370, DM 3693, CT 5279 and T 7296 at their Acton Depot. They are awaiting restoration. 2 cars - Trailer car 5279 and Control Trailer 7296 - were both in operations on the Isle of Wight as British Rail Class 485s. [49]
The night of 24 May 2018 was the final time an A stock unit ran under its own power on the London Underground network. Set 5234/6234/6235/5235 worked train 710 from Neasden Depot to Ealing Common Depot. The set was subsequently removed from the adjacent London Transport Museum depot at Acton Town by road for disposal on 17 and 18 July 2018.