Upminster Depot
{{Short description|Railway depot in Cranham, London}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox railway depot
| name = Upminster Depot
| location = Cranham, London, England
| image = Upminster Train Depot London Transport aerial (20528062899).jpg
| caption = Aerial view of Upminster Depot in 2015, with D78 and S7 Stock seen stabled
| coordinates ={{coord|51.5612|0.2640|type:landmark_region:GB_scale:2000_source:Google| display=inline, title}}
| grid_ref_UK = TQ572871
| owner = London Underground
| type = EMU
| rollingstock = S7 Stock
| opened = {{Start date and age|1959}}{{cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2009/august/upminster-depot-celebrates-50th-anniversary|title=Upminster Depot celebrates 50th Anniversary|work=TfL|access-date=29 November 2016}}
}}
Upminster Depot is a London Underground in Cranham in the London Borough of Havering. The depot is located beyond Upminster station, the terminus of the District line.
History
The depot was built in the mid 1950s as part of the segregation of District line tracks from the London, Tilbury and Southend line. District line trains were being stabled at Little Ilford Depot, however this land was required by British Railways.{{Citation|last=Brown|first=Joe|title=London railway atlas|date=2010|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317254026|place=Hersham, Surrey|publisher=Ian Allan|isbn=978-0-7110-3397-9|oclc=317254026|access-date=2020-10-08}} A new depot was therefore built at Upminster, beyond the terminus of the District line station.{{Cite book|last=Horne|first=Mike|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85863502|title=The District Line|publisher=Capital Transport|year=2006|isbn=1-85414-292-5|location=Harrow, Middlesex|oclc=85863502}} The depot opened in 1959,London Transport's Upminster Depot Completed The Railway Magazine issue 703 November 1959 page 752 the first Underground depot to be built after the Second World War.{{Cite web|date=24 August 2009|title=Upminster depot celebrates 50th anniversary|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2009/august/upminster-depot-celebrates-50th-anniversary|access-date=7 October 2020|website=Transport for London}}
Allocation
As of 2016, the depot's allocation consists of London Underground S7 Stock, the only rolling stock used on the District line.{{cite web|url=https://www.taylorwoodrow.com/Projects/Ealing-&-Upminster-Depots.html|title=Ealing & Upminster Depots|work=Taylor Woodrow|access-date=25 December 2019}} Previously the depot was allocated D78 Stock trains.{{Cite web|title=District Line Depots|url=http://www.trainweb.org/districtdave/html/depots.html|access-date=2020-10-08|website=District Line Dave}}
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