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{{Short description|Railway maintenance depot in Cardiff, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox railway depot
| name = Cardiff Canton
| image = Arriva Trains Canton Depot, Cardiff. - geograph.org.uk - 1186660.jpg
| image_width = <!-- width of the main image -->
| image_alt = <!-- alternate text for main image (only works if image_width is supplied) -->
| caption = The depot in 2009
| location = [[Cardiff]], Wales
| coordinates = {{coord|51.4761|N|3.1940|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| grid_ref_UK = ST170759
| owner = 
| operator = [[Transport for Wales Rail]]
| depotcode = {{Unbulleted list|CF|CV ([[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]])<ref name="TRC">{{cite web|url=http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Resource_data/AllTimeShedCodes.pdf|title=The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes|date=5 May 2006|work=TheRailwayCentre.com|access-date=26 August 2016|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221651/http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Resource_data/AllTimeShedCodes.pdf|archive-date=17 December 2013}}</ref>}}
| type = [[Diesel locomotive|Diesel]], DMU, DEMU, DMU
| opened = {{Start date|1882|df=y}}
| closed = <!--{{End date|YYYY|MM|df=y}}-->
| original = [[Great Western Railway|GWR]]
| pregrouping = [[Great Western Railway|GWR]]
| postgrouping = [[Great Western Railway|GWR]]
| BR_region = [[Western Region of British Railways|Western Region]]
| roads = 6 (as built)
| rollingstock = <!-- rollingstock stored at the depot -->
| routes = <!-- routes operated from the depot -->
| former_depot_codes = {{Unbulleted list|CTN|86C (1948-1961)|88A (1961-1963)|86A (1963-1973)<ref name="TRC" />}}
}}

'''Cardiff Canton TMD''' is a diesel locomotive [[traction maintenance depot]] in [[Cardiff]], Wales. Its depot code is CF. It is operated by Transport for Wales. The depot is used by Transport for Wales fleet, GWR Class 158s and some Cross Country Class 170s.

In steam days the depot was called Cardiff Canton and its [[List of British Railways shed codes|shed code]] was 86C. It was built in 1882 as the main maintenance base for the [[South Wales Railway]] and the major Welsh engineering base for the [[Great Western Railway]] (GWR). After [[Transport Act 1947|nationalisation in 1948]] it was a heavy overhaul base for [[British Railways]].

After privatisation in the mid-1990s the depot became a joint [[Arriva Trains Wales]] and [[DB Cargo UK|English Welsh & Scottish]] facility. The EWS depot closed as a maintenance centre from 10 December 2005,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.arriva.co.uk/arriva/en/investor_relations/regulatory_news/rnsitem?id=1173337272nRN1H5366S&t=popup
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206135012/http://www.arriva.co.uk/arriva/en/investor_relations/regulatory_news/rnsitem?id=1173337272nRN1H5366S&t=popup
|archive-date=6 February 2012|publisher=Arriva |title=Regulatory news |date= 8 March 2007|access-date=26 February 2015}}</ref> but EWS' successor [[DB Cargo UK]] still uses the depot for long-term storage and occasional stabling.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

==History==
===Steam===
[[File:Cardiff canton geograph-2476977-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|Former GWR steam locomotives at Canton in 1951]]
Cardiff Canton was opened in June 1882 as a six road, {{convert|240|ft|adj=on}}-long shed, built to replace Long Dyke, {{convert|1.5|mi}} east of [[Cardiff Central railway station|Cardiff General]] station. The GWR enlarged the depot in 1897 with a {{convert|55|ft|abbr=on}}-diameter turntable installed in a square locomotive shed with 28 roads radiating of off the turntable. In 1925 the GWR added a locomotive repair and lifting shed and a new coaling stage. In 1931 the original {{convert|55|ft|abbr=on}}-turntable was removed and replaced by a larger {{convert|65|ft|abbr=on}}-diameter one at the west end of the yard.  At this time, around the peak of GWR operation, the depot had allocated 50 main line passenger locomotives, 40 heavy goods/[[mineral locomotive]]s and 30 smaller local passenger/goods and shunting locomotives. Steam traction at the depot ceased on 8 September 1962.

===Diesel===
[[File:33025 Cardiff Canton.jpg|thumb|BR diesel locomotives at Canton in the 1980s]]
In the winter of 1962–63, Kyle Stewart contracted to build for [[British Rail]]ways a new £1,324,000 complex on a {{convert|30|acre|ha|adj=on}} site. [[David Lewis, 1st Baron Brecon|Lord Brecon]], [[Secretary of State for Wales#Ministers of Welsh Affairs (1951–1964)|Minister of State for Welsh Affairs]], opened the new depot on 18 September 1964.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.lococarriage.org.uk/canton.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208120006/http://www.lococarriage.org.uk/canton.html|archive-date=8 December 2014|url-status=live|title=The Fleet and Maintenance of Diesel Locomotives at Cardiff Canton Freight Depot|publisher=The Locomotive and Carriage Institution |access-date=26 February 2015|last=Skinner|first=Andrew|date=1991}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 1964|title=Western's Cardiff Canton Diesel Depot is Opened |magazine=Modern Railways |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton |volume=XX |pages=336–329 }}</ref>

The original allocation was 360 locomotives for major maintenance, 197 for normal maintenance and 62 shunting locomotives. Employed were 40 managerial and supervisory staff, 31 clerical staff, 382 maintenance staff and 55 unskilled staff.

In 1987, the depot's allocation of rolling stock included Classes [[British Rail Class 08|08]], [[British Rail Class 37|37]], [[British Rail Class 47|47]], [[British Rail Class 56|56]] and  [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]]s,<ref>{{harvnb|Marsden|1987|pp=36–37}}</ref> although Classes [[British Rail Class 33|33]] and [[British Rail Class 50|50]] could also usually be seen at the depot.<ref>{{harvnb|Webster|Greengrass|Greaves|1987|p=18}}</ref>

==Allocation==
*[[British Rail Class 08|Class 08]]
*[[British Rail Class 67|Class 67]]
**[[British Rail Mark 4]]
*[[British Rail Class 150|Class 150]]
*[[British Rail Class 153|Class 153]]
*[[British Rail Class 158|Class 158]]
*[[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]]
*[[British Rail Class 197|Class 197]]
*[[British Rail Class 231|Class 231]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
*{{cite book|title=BR Depots|series=Motive power recognition|volume=6|year=1987|first=Colin J.|last=Marsden|publisher=Ian Allan Ltd.|isbn=9780711017191|oclc=18685680}}
*{{cite book|title=British Rail Depot Directory|year=1987|first1=Neil|last1=Webster|first2=Robert|last2=Greengrass|first3=Simon|last3=Greaves|publisher=Metro Enterprises Ltd.|isbn=9780947773076|oclc=20420397}}

==Further reading==
{{Commons category}}
*{{cite book |last=Baker |first=SK |year=1988 |title=Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland |place=Yeovil  |publisher=[[Haynes Publishing Group]] |isbn=0-86093-553-1 }}
*{{cite magazine|title=The Chinese connection — Cathays and Canton|magazine=[[RAIL (magazine)|Rail Enthusiast]]|publisher=EMAP National Publications|date=August 1986|issue=59|p=52|issn=0262-561X|oclc=49957965}}

{{Railway depots in Wales}}
{{Great Western Railway}}
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Cardiff]]
[[Category:Railway depots in Wales]]
[[Category:South Wales Main Line]]