Croxley Green Depot

Prior to the service cut backs of the mid 60's their was significently more trains stabled at Croxley Green shed. During the winter of 1962 the following trains were entering traffic:

Mon - Fri
51 - 60 (10 trains) also a mid day stabler 86 was accomdated between peaks that was also usder for the Neasden stores train as required.

Sat
51 - 56 (6 trains)

Sun
51- 53 (3 trains)

EDIT:
By Jun 65 it had reduced to:

Mon - Fri
51 - 56 (6 trains) and no midday stabler.

Sat & Sun - Nil

And from Mar 67 it finally reduced to 4 trains through to final withdrawl in the mid 80's.

It was only a BR depot, wasnt it? The Bakerloo only stabled there, maybe...

The depot carried out light maintenance tasks on the Oerlikon, LMS 3-car and later Class 501 EMUs. The tube stock was stabled there however I have it on good authority that LT Stores trains did visit the depot, which would indicate that potentially maintenance at some level was carried out on the tube stock.

According to the West of Watford Book ( F.W. Goudie & Douglas Stuckey) Full size stock , particularly the more powerful GEC motor cars put an unacceptable load on the Bushey power sub-station, so the LMS retained nine cars of the original LNWR/London Electric Railway electric tube stock to handle the Croxley and Rickmansworth local services when it was withdrawn from the Euston-Watford route in 1930/31.The stock survived until the outbreak of war in 1939."

Therefore one could surmise that Underground stock, albeit owned and operated by the LMS was maintained at Croxley Green depot

Xerces Fobe

Aye - there were booked paths off Earls Court, and I'm pretty sure that I've seen something in a Traffic Notice/Circular too about Stores paths.

It was indeed a "depot" as far as train crew were concerned. I was going to move there in1973 after getting married and moving out to Northampton.

On the Bakerloo tour of the Met in 1973, the DI (now area manager) Harry the Hat, convinced me to move to Ricky instead, which i did.

Correct so far, then left hand out at Mitre Bridge Jn to Willesden High Level and Kensal Green Jn (reverse) and New Line Curve to Willesden New and onwards via Colne Jn to the depot. Also used to transfer Bakerloo stock to Acton Works prior to 1939 when the Stanmore branch opened.

What sort of 'specials'?The stores and stock transfers paths seem to have been timed so that the crew arrived in time for a brew up at their destination depot (def. centred around tea break time).

My understanding is that these specials were early morning workings to London from the Watford area. Sorry I cannot be more specific as this is based on anecdotal evidence from a 3rd party.

Xerces Fobe

Thanks for this very interesting - any idea which year this timetable is from?

Xerces Fobe

Commencing November 2nd, 1924.

Yeah - if my lovely SO had looked a bit further, she could have found Lakerboo bits from the 20s and the 30s.

I always think the 'GEC' stock were rather like the 'MW' or 'MV' stock on the Met.

They were pretty standard suburban coaches at the time. The Met stock was shorter of course and used more wood. The MW/Dreadnought stock also had rounded door tops due to the tunnel running....

If only the Class 378's had been fitted out like the Oerlikon's, but with more modern fire resistant materials

Xerces Fobe