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Location Details
Name: |
Lillie Bridge Depot |
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Type: |
Railway Depot |
Code: |
LBD |
Dates: |
1906 - current |
Status: |
Current |
Info: |
Permanent Way depot |
Current vehicles: |
59 ?This is the amount of vehicles listed as being currently allocated to this location. |
All vehicles: |
624 ?This is the amount of vehicles listed as ever being allocated to this location (subject to the comprehensiveness of our vehicle history records!).
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Photos: |
147 ?This is the number of published photos that were taken at this location.
(See below) |
Sightings: |
5,677 ?This is the amount of sightings reported at this location.
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Location Notes
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Lillie Bridge Steam Shed 01-385 2171 (no answer these days). Entrances on Lillie Road, now closed, by West Brompton Stn. and on Beaumont Avenue (by West Kensington Station) which also lead past West Kensington Station Yard. The 'caverns' were visible by looking over the bridge adjacent to the entrance to Earls Court 2 and by train between West Brompton & Olympia. |
07/07/2007 |
Ray |
Another tricky location. Turn left outside West Kensington Station, then first left onto Beaumont Avenue. There is a road entrance into Lillie Bridge at the end. But also look left to see the low level yard next to the platform at West Ken (good for 3-4 SVs). Of the main Lillie Bridge, many SVs will be visible and some can be IDd if you have lens. How far along the access road you venture depends on how many staff are around. Alternatively, turn right from the station, then first right onto West Cromwell Road (A4). This rises and turns away but many SVs will be glimpsable, particularly in the gaps beyond the monolith that is thingy house (forgot the name, big cream building that totally ruins the view). Again, binoculars or zoom required to ID. |
03/09/2007 |
Thomas Young |
You can also see the railway shed from West Cromwell Road but these appear little used recently. The south entrance to Lillie Bridge is actually an exit, and is right on the opposite side of the exhibition centre. Next to the Empress State Building (ah, police again), there is a bus turning point, and a gated roadway dissappearing under the exhibition centre. This is busy at night and it can be fun watching them virtually queuing up to get out. Finally, accessed from here is a small car park alongside the West London line. May be visible from buses on Lillie Road/Old Brompton Road, or trains between West Brompton and Kensington Olympia. The best way to see Lillie Bridge is using Google Maps or Local Live! |
03/09/2007 |
Thomas Young |
For an aerial photograph of this location from Google Maps please click here. The small yard at the Lillie Road entrance can be seen here. |
27/01/2008 |
Thomas Young |
For a photo of the yard at Lillie Bridge in 1969 (before Ashfield House blocked the view), take a look at http://geoff-plumb.fotopic.net/p36927724.html. Quite a few SVs are visible, including a Land Rover and a pannier. There are a few other photos of interest in the same gallery. |
30/05/2010 |
Thomas Young |
Signal Overhaul Shop Railways by 1949 until ?? |
14/12/2013 |
Damon |
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Photos at Location
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Data History
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2010-01-01 12:00:00 |
Added by: |
Thomas Young |
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