Location Profile - Temple Mills / Stratford New
Thanks to Peter Cummings for the details about this location
The bulk of the Temple Mills Yard site from the M11 link up to the EWS
depot area is now part of the CTRL2 works. The replacement depot for
North Pole is under construction here. EWS retain a small fan of
sidings next to the running lines which could stable engineers
trains/OTP for short periods before/after use. The new Eurostar depot
will screen these sidings from the road, but from Dec 2005 an all-day
Stratford - Stansted Airport service will be using this route, rather
than the occasional ghost train of late.
The whole of the previous activity centred on this yard was transferred
away, mostly to Whitemoor.
The EWS depot is still easily viewed from the parallel road. Despite
attempts to remove it, the footbridge spanning the holding sidings on
the north side is still in situ. This leads to limited further viewing
from the parkland to the west of the running lines.
Directions
On foot, cross road on leaving LUL Leyton Station.
Use pedestrian access to ASDA. Go to far side of carpark, and just follow the boundary fence. New Leyton Relief Road runs north from ASDA and past the whole site. Car access to this road is from Ruckholt Road ( A106) or Lea Bridge Rd ( A104). Only scheduled trains to run past the yard are WAGN's ghost trains.
Usual machines
Apart from the bogie Snowploughs, The loco depot is home base for several MPVs.
Depending on the nature of each seasonal contract, Loco-hauled RHTT's
can be based here too.
Over the 12 months from Autumn 2005 there will no doubt be items of OTP
involved in the preparation for the arrival of Eurostars. By Oct 2005
groundwork for the new track layout was underway on the area of the old
East Fan of the yard
Photographs
Your comments
All comments are the opinions of their respective authors, and do not reflect the opinions of ontrackplant.com
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abiola-iwelu
4 October 2007, 23:51:44
the sighting looks captivating,sustainable and spacious.
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peter Cummings
5 October 2007, 00:04:12
It's all of those, but you can ignore the references to the EWS depot. Now fully cleared and vacated. Some functions transferred to Riple Lane, some to Old Oak.
Its future is a mystery.
* Is it claimed by Eurostar?
* Will it be the tempory home for the Freightyard at Bow?
* Is is the site for the replacement carriage sidings for the current Thornton Fields?
The latter seems possible, as BB have the contract for these, described as being on Leyton Way. I thought they were going on the site on the opposite side of lines to ASDA, but that would not be Leyton way.
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