Lillie Bridge Depot

The 'permanent' shed at Lillie Bridge works is on the right

Lillie Bridge Depot is a historic traction maintenance depot on the London Underground Piccadilly and District lines, between the West Brompton and West Kensington tube stations in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and connected to the Piccadilly Line service in nearby Earl's Court tube station.

The Depot arose as an outcome of disagreements between the plethora of railway companies that proliferated in London in the second half of the 19th-century. One of the companies, the Metropolitan District Railway Company, found itself competing for maintenance provision for its rolling stock in 1868 and decided to establish its own yard on a vacant plot by the West London Extension Joint Railway in West Brompton, in the vicinity of the Lillie Bridge (Fulham).[1][2] It opened in 1872.[3] After further mergers and acquisitions around the turn of the 20th-century, Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway became a key player in its development.

Despite widespread opposition, the Depot is scheduled to be de-commissioned by 2019 by Transport for London, as part of the controversial 'Earl's Court' regeneration scheme.[4][5] Part of the Depot is already demolished, such as its entrance and shed in Lillie Road.

See also

District line
Legend

former branches transferred to Piccadilly line
Uxbridge Depot
Uxbridge Metropolitan Line
Hillingdon Metropolitan Line
Ickenham Metropolitan Line
Piccadilly line
to Heathrow
Hounslow West
closed 1975
Ruislip depot
Hounslow Central
Central line
to West Ruislip
Ruislip Metropolitan Line
Hounslow Town
closed 1909
Ruislip Manor Metropolitan Line
Hounslow East
Eastcote Metropolitan Line
Rayners Lane Metropolitan Line
Osterley
opened 1934
Metropolitan line
to Harrow-on-the-Hill
Osterley & Spring Grove
closed 1934
South Harrow
Sudbury Hill
<small>(National Rail Sudbury Hill Harrow)</small>
Boston Manor
Sudbury Town
Alperton
Northfields Depot
Park Royal & Twyford Abbey
closed 1931
Central line
to Central London
Northfields
opened 1931
Park Royal
South Ealing
North Ealing
Great Western Main Line
to Reading
Ealing Broadway Central line (London Underground) National Rail
Piccadilly line
to Uxbridge
Central line
to Epping
Great Western Main Line
to Paddington
Ealing Common Piccadilly Line
Ealing Common depot
 
Former service
Waterloo to Reading Line
to Reading
to Hounslow
 
Richmond North London Line National Rail
Piccadilly line
to Heathrow Terminal 5
Waterloo to Reading Line
to Waterloo
Kew Gardens
Acton Town Piccadilly Line
River Thames
Gunnersbury North London Line
South Acton
(closed 1959)
South Acton
North London Line
to Stratford
South Western Main Line
Chiswick Park
Tramlink
via West Croydon
Wimbledon Tramlink National Rail
Turnham Green
Sutton Loop Line
Wimbledon Park
Stamford Brook
Southfields
Ravenscourt Park
East Putney
River Thames
Hammersmith Circle line (London Underground) Hammersmith & City Line
Putney Bridge
Circle and H&C lines
via Liverpool Street
Parsons Green
Barons Court
Fulham Broadway
West London Line
to Clapham Junction
West Kensington
West Brompton West London Line National Rail
Lillie Bridge Depot
Kensington (Olympia) West London Line National Rail
Earl's Court Piccadilly Line
West London Line
to Willesden Junction
Triangle Sidings
Circle line
Gloucester Road
South Kensington Circle line (London Underground) Piccadilly Line
High Street Kensington
Piccadilly line
to Cockfosters
Sloane Square
Notting Hill Gate Central line (London Underground)
Victoria Victoria Line National Rail
Circle and H&C lines
to Hammersmith
St. James's Park
Bayswater
Westminster Jubilee Line London River Services
Embankment Bakerloo Line Northern Line London River Services
Paddington Bakerloo Line Circle line (London Underground) Hammersmith & City Line National Rail
Temple
Blackfriars London River Services National Rail
Edgware Road Circle line (London Underground) Hammersmith & City Line
Circle and H&C lines
via Liverpool Street
Mansion House
Cannon Street National Rail
Monument Central line (London Underground) Circle line (London Underground) Northern Line Waterloo & City Line Docklands Light Railway
Mark Lane
Circle and H&C lines
to Hammersmith
Tower Hill Circle line (London Underground) London River Services
Metropolitan line
via Harrow-on-the-Hill
(National Rail Fenchurch Street)
(Docklands Light Railway Tower Gateway)
Aldgate (Circle line (London Underground) Metropolitan Line)
Hammersmith & City line
 Aldgate East Hammersmith & City Line
 St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road)
St Mary's Curve
to East London Line
Whitechapel East London Line East London Line
Stepney Green
Central line
via Liverpool Street
 Mile End Central line (London Underground)
Central line
to Epping
 Bow Road (Docklands Light Railway Bow Church)
Bow Junction
to Stratford
Docklands Light Railway
 Bromley-by-Bow
Bow Creek
West Ham Jubilee Line Docklands Light Railway National Rail
 Plaistow
 Upton Park
East Ham
Gospel Oak to Barking Line
to Gospel Oak
Barking Hammersmith & City Line Gospel Oak to Barking Line National Rail
Upney
 Becontree
Dagenham Heathway
 Dagenham East
Elm Park
 Hornchurch
Upminster Bridge
Romford to Upminster Line
to Romford
Upminster Romford to Upminster Line National Rail
LTS Railway
to Shoeburyness
Upminster depot

References

  1. ↑ 'Old and New London: volume 5, Underground London: Its railways, subways and sewers http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol5/pp224-242
  2. ↑ Croome, D.; Jackson, A. (1993). Rails Through The Clay — A History Of London's Tube Railways (2nd ed.). Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-151-1.
  3. ↑ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1996). London Suburban Railways: West London Line - Clapham Jn. to Willesden Jn. (commemoration of 50 years of complete electrification of route ed.). Middleton Press: Southern Classics. pp. 45–6. ISBN 1 873793 84 7. contains detailed maps and diagrams: West Brompton 25" 1867, West Brompton 25" 1916, Lillie Bridge Depot 25" 1916.
  4. ↑ "Lillie Bridge Depot, infilled land on former lake and former canal (Arup)" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-10-15. Note: Although the land is in LB of Hammersmith and Fulham, the plans for demolition are lodged with the neighbouring Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
  5. ↑ "Save Earl's Court! – Home". Saveearlscourt.com. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
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