Stratford Market Depot is a

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depot located in Stratford in the

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, between Stratford and

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stations on the

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. Constructed in the mid 1990s as part of the

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, the site is the main depot for stabling and maintaining the line's 1996 Stock trains, although some trains are stabled at

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History

Stratford Langthorne Abbey Stratford Langthorne Abbey, or the Abbey of St Mary's, Stratford Langthorne was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1135 at Stratford Langthorne — then Essex but now Stratford in the London Borough of Newham. The Abbey, also known as West Ha ...

, a

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monastic abbey was founded in 1135 on the site. The abbey survived until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1538. In 1879, the

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opened a new wholesale fruit and vegetable market at Stratford to rival

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. This market gave its name to the local Stratford Market train station. After 112 years, the wholesale market closed on 13 May 1991, moving to

New Spitalfields Market New Spitalfields Market is a fruit and vegetable market on a site in Leyton, London Borough of Waltham Forest in East London. The market is owned and administered by the City of London Corporation. The market is Europe's leading horticultural ma ...

Leyton Leyton ( ) is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It borders Walthamstow to the north, Leytonstone to the east, and Stratford to the south, with Clapton, Hackney Wick and Homerton, across the Ri ...

. The market buildings were demolished in 1992 to make way for the

depot.

Construction of the depot

The

project required the construction of a new depot to serve the extended

, given the increased number of trains could not be accommodated at the existing

site. The site at Stratford Market was chosen instead of sites at

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, Thornton Fields and the

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, as the land was mostly available with few commercial and industrial occupiers. To commemorate the former use of the site as a fruit and vegetable market, the new facility was named Stratford Market Depot. Construction began in April 1994, with archaeological excavations uncovering evidence of

, as well as 674 graves. These were reburied at the modern

Abbey of

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in Leicestershire. The depot fully opened in March 1998, prior to completion of the

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– allowing for testing and commissioning of the new 1996 Stock trains, as well as the testing of the new extension itself.

Jubilee line depot

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shaped, and features a wide by long arched roof that covers 11 maintenance roads. Outside, the depot has 33 stabling roads, with the layout of the site designed to mitigate archaeological impacts to the

. The main depot building was awarded a

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in 1998. As well as the

depot, a large training centre for

is located at the site. This was opened by

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in 2005, as part of the Underground Public-private partnership.

References

External links

Stratford Market Depot - AJ Buildings Library
{{Railway depots in London London Underground depots Transport in the London Borough of Newham Stratford, London Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Newham

History

Construction of the depot

Jubilee line depot

See also

References

External links