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A train shed is a building adjacent to a station building where the tracks and platforms of a railway station are covered by a roof. It is also known as an overall roof . Its primary purpose is to store and protect from the elements train cars not in use, The first train shed was built in 1830 at Liverpool 's Crown Street Station .
During 1879, a second parallel southern train shed was completed, which had been designed by Stevenson and E.W. Ives. [22] [27] This second train shed featured dry construction techniques, [nb 2] while each bay reportedly took only three days to build. [19] [nb 3] Inward view of Liverpool Lime Street Station in 1959
It replaced Brunswick station as the CLC's Liverpool terminus, becoming the headquarters of the committee. The three-storey building fronted Ranelagh Street in the city centre, with a 65 feet (20 m) high, arched iron and glass train shed behind.
Allerton TMD is a railway depot situated in Allerton, Liverpool.Situated opposite Liverpool South Parkway bus and rail interchange, it is visible from trains which are travelling between the former and Hunts Cross and the overhead passageway above platforms 1 to 4 at Liverpool South Parkway.
Holme mostly designed in the neoclassical style typical of Liverpool at this time. Sometime after 1834 Holme formed a partnership with Scottish architect John Cunningham and collaborated on the design of the roof for the train shed at Liverpool Lime Street station, his brother's firm being responsible for its construction. [1]
British Railways shed codes were used to identify the engine sheds that its locomotives and multiple units were allocated to for maintenance purposes. The former London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) alpha-numeric system was extended to cover all regions and used until replaced by alphabetic codes in 1973.
Brunswick railway station serves the Toxteth district of Liverpool, England, on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network. The station serves the nearby district of Dingle and is situated on a short section of track between two tunnels, between the now in-filled Toxteth and Harrington Docks.
When the line was extended south towards Liverpool on 1 October 1850 a level crossing was installed at South Road and the engine shed was relocated to the east side of the line just north of South Road. [1] [8] The original station site became a goods and mineral depot, there was a goods shed and a five-ton crane.