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Depot: Crewe (Gresty Lane)
Depot Details
| Depot Name |
Crewe (Gresty Lane) |
| Depot Codes |
| Code | From | To | | CRW (74) | 1870 | 31/01/1950 | | 84h | 01/02/1950 | 17/06/1963 |
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| Date Opened |
1870 |
| Date Closed |
17/06/1963 |
| Big 4 Company |
GWR |
| British Railways Region |
WR |
| GWR Division |
WOLVERHAMPTON |
| 1947 Directions |
The shed is north side of the Shrewsbury line. The yard is visible
from the line.
Leave Crewe Station by the main exit and turn left over the bridge.
Turn first left and continue into Gresty Lane. A cinder path leads to the
shed from the right hand side of this lane, just before the railway overbridges. Walking time 10 minutes.
Note.-The entrance to Crewe South L.M.S. shed is a few yards
further on the opposite side of the lane. |
| Popup Maps (New Window) |
25 Inch (1892-1914)
OS (1:25,000) (1937-1961)
OS 7th Series 1 inch (1:63,360) |
| Chronology |
| Date | Event | | 17/06/1963 | Depot closed |
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