{"id":36414,"date":"2020-11-18T18:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T18:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=36414"},"modified":"2020-11-18T17:45:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T17:45:04","slug":"still-standing-stamford-brook-depot-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=36414","title":{"rendered":"Still Standing! Stamford Brook Depot, London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today our series which looks at old first generation tramways structures which remain extant is again in London with the depot at Stamford Brook featured.<\/p>\n

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This building was originally known as Chiswick tram depot and was opened by the West Metropolitan Tramways Company in 1883\/4. It was taken over firstly by London United Tramways Company on 19th<\/sup> July 1894 and then by London County Council on 12th<\/sup> October 1922. As would be expected by these dates it started off as a home for horse trams until 3rd<\/sup> April 1901 after which electric trams would move in and stay until 5th<\/sup> May 1932. It was used as a store for withdrawn trams until 1935, was then used for trolleybuses for a brief period and then as a bus works and store, probably as an outstation to Chiswick works.<\/p>\n

By 1966 it was used as a garage for the airport coaches that London Transport ran and maintained for British European Airways, later British Airways. It became a bus garage in 1980 but was closed in 1996 before reopening in 1999. It is now operated by London United \u2013 RATP Dev.<\/p>\n

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This view shows the depot building complete with clock on 30th April 2016. (Photograph by Bob Hodges)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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