Toton Sidings Railway Depot

Picture 3 shows the large diesel depot at toton.

Toton sidings railway depot. In the distance can be seen toton north yard which comprises 3 through reception sidings and a substantial number of dead end roads. One of britain s biggest transport hubs could be built on the site of a 160 year old rail depot for the hs2 project it was announced last night toton sidings between nottingham and derby would be. This inspired the long eaton 50plus to run a heritage project toton sidings remembered. The disused section of toton sidings is the proposed site for the east midlands hub station on the leeds branch of high.

With the help of a generous grant of 9 600 from hlf and huge encouragement and assistance from the erewash museum the project made great progress and in 2019 shared a heritage award for best partnership with the museum. 37899 37719 have just departed the north yard with a bardon hill doncaster decoy train of boulders for sea defence work at hessle. A fine late summers day september 18th 1982 finds 25210 dropping down onto the depot. David farley railway modeller david hickton ex toton driver brian amos phil burton consultants mission to bring the heritage of toton sidings from 1856 to 1984 to the attention of the general public in long eaton district the project began in 2015 with a talk at trent college by brian amos and phil burton.

25210 25212 were on allocation at toton during the mid 1970 s. The toton sidings site is popular with railway enthusiasts who can often be seen with cameras and binoculars citation needed viewing the sidings from the nearby a52 and the nearby toton bank which gives a view of most of the depot. Toton traction maintenance depot or toton sidings is one of the largest rail depots in the united kingdom. 25210 spent eight years at toton nov 1970 nov 1978 before moving south to cricklewood then on to crewe before withdrawal in april 1985.

Environment the bank is situated above the depot next to a housing estate on a dog walking path. The down goods line was replaced north of toton in 2008 although most freight originating at toton departs to the south.