Euston Downside Carriage Maintenance Depot

Euston Downside Carriage Maintenance Depot was a carriage maintenance depot located in Camden, London, England. The depot was situated on the west side of the West Coast Main Line to the north of London Euston station.^[4]

Euston Downside Carriage Maintenance Depot

The disused depot seen from the main line in 2014
Location
Location	Camden, London
Coordinates	51°31′59″N 0°8′34″W
OS grid	TQ288833
Characteristics
Owner	Network Rail
Depot code	EN (1973 -)[1]
Type	Diesel
History
Opened	1905[2]
Closed	2004[3]

History

The depot, which was used to maintain railway carriages for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and, after nationalisation, for British Railways, was completed in 1905.^[2] Over time the focus of the maintenance activities at the depot changed from passenger carriages to freight locomotives. In 1995, a consortium known as North and South Railways purchased the parcels division of British Rail^[5] and, with it, the Euston Downside Carriage Maintenance Depot.^[6] North and South Railways became English, Welsh & Scottish Railway and was subsequently acquired by Deutsche Bahn becoming DB Cargo UK.^[7] The depot subsequently became known as the "DB Cargo Shed".^[8]

After locomotive-hauled trains were replaced by Pendolinos in 2002^[9] and the Royal Mail traffic was transferred to the roads in 2003,^[10] the depot became obsolete and closed in 2004.^[11]

In 2018 the depot was demolished in advance of the start of tunnelling work for the High Speed 2 Euston approach tunnels and the extension of Granby Terrace Bridge.^[12]