 1996 Stock trains stabled at Stratford Market Depot in 2017 | |
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| Location | Stratford,London, England |
| Coordinates | 51°32′04″N0°00′03″E / 51.5344°N 0.0008°E /51.5344; 0.0008 |
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| Rolling stock | 1996 Stock |
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| Opened | March 1998 |
Stratford Market Depot is aLondon Underground depot located inStratford in theLondon Borough of Newham, betweenStratford andWest Ham stations on theJubilee line. Constructed in the mid 1990s as part of theJubilee Line Extension, the site is the main depot for stabling and maintaining the line's1996 Stock trains, although some trains are stabled atNeasden Depot.[1]
Stratford Langthorne Abbey, aCistercian monastic abbey was founded in 1135 on the site. The abbey survived until thedissolution of the monasteries in 1538.[2] In 1879, theGreat Eastern Railway opened a newwholesale fruit and vegetable market at Stratford to rivalSpitalfields Market.[3] This market gave its name to the localStratford Market train station. After 112 years, the wholesale market closed on 13 May 1991, moving toNew Spitalfields Market inLeyton. The market buildings were demolished in 1992 to make way for theJubilee line depot.[4]
TheJubilee Line Extension project required the construction of a new depot to serve the extendedJubilee line, given the increased number of trains could not be accommodated at the existingNeasden Depot site. The site at Stratford Market was chosen instead of sites atStratford TMD,Thornton Fields and theGreenwich Peninsula, as the land was mostly available with few commercial and industrial occupiers. To commemorate the former use of the site as afruit and vegetable market, the new facility was namedStratford Market Depot.[5][6]
Construction began in April 1994, with archaeological excavations uncovering evidence ofStratford Langthorne Abbey, as well as 674 graves. These were reburied at the modernCistercian Abbey ofMount St Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire.[1] The depot fully opened in March 1998, prior to completion of theextension[7][8] – allowing for testing and commissioning of the new1996 Stock trains, as well as the testing of the new extension itself.
Designed byChris Wilkinson Architects, the main depot building isparallelogram shaped, and features a 100-metre (330 ft) wide by 190-metre (620 ft) long arched roof that covers 11 maintenance roads.[9][8] Outside, the depot has 33 stabling roads, with the layout of the 11-hectare (27-acre) site designed to mitigate archaeological impacts to theStratford Langthorne Abbey.[5][6] The main depot building was awarded aCivic Trust Award in 1998.[10]
As well as theJubilee line depot, a large training centre forLondon Underground is located at the site. This was opened byTube Lines in 2005, as part of the UndergroundPublic-private partnership.[11]
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