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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
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.
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.
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.
The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway was a British railway company, which opened a line in 1848 between Southport and Waterloo, extending into Liverpool in 1850. The company was acquired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1855.
Engine sheds could be found in many towns and cities, as well as in rural locations. They were built by the railway companies to accommodate the locomotives that provided their local train services. Each engine shed would have an allocation of locomotives that would reflect the duties carried out by that depot.
The depot is situated at the junction of the Liverpool to Manchester Line and the Crewe to Liverpool Line, and is located to the east of Edge Hill station. The depot is built on the site of the former Cheshire Lines Committee Wavertree and Edge Hill goods station. The depot code is LL.