HC Deb 15 March 1965 vol 708 c219W
Mr. Ron Lewis

asked the Minister of Transport how many railway workshops and ancillary depots have been closed over the past five years.

Mr. Tom Fraser

I understand from the British Railways Board that since 1st January, 1960, the following workshops and ancillary depots have been closed:

Main Workshops 11
Wagon Sheet Works 6
Wagon Repair Depots 77
Carriage Repair Depots 20
Steam Locomotive maintenance and servicing depots 118
Mechanical Engineering Depots 25
Civil Engineering Depots 42

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