On 8 Nov, 10:14, D7666 wrote:
On Nov 8, 5:18*am, "Basil Jet"

wrote:
Wouldn't manpower costs be lower if you maintained the trains in London
between the peaks, instead of in the sticks overnight?

Explain then why every type if long distance stock on London radial
lines is maintained at the country end, and most outer suburban stock
is too. Your Wimbledons Selhurtst SladeGreens *etc are largely inner
suburban stock depots. Yes these depots *do stable *main line *units
(but stabling / cleaning only) *and yes they have heavy repair shops,
but the work in those repair shops is not stuff that can be done
betwene peaks or overnight anyway, ususally units involved are stopped
for several days, thus its irrelevant from a traffic point of view
where the depot is.

Or are you saying they are all those TOC are wrong *with London
services rolling stock based in Plymouth Bristol Norwich Manchester
Leeds Edinburgh Northampton Aylsebury Salisbury Ramsgate Brighton
Southampton. Apart from former ER operations at Hornsey Ilford and
East Ham, and they are all legacy BR depots, just about every TOC has
its main line depots away from London.

Perhaps there are reasons for this )

Before the 321s replaced everything with a common fleet based at
Ilford, the longer distance stuff was maintained at Clacton, wasn't it?