MORE than 7000 visitors took the opportunity to have a last look round Great Western Railway’s Old Oak Common depot on September 2, which featured no less than 39 locos and units, representing more than a century of development of Western Region traction.
The depot is due to close next year to make way for a new HS2/Crossrail interchange station. The neabry depots for Heathrow Express and Crossrail will remain unaffected, however.
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