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{{Short description|Train maintenance facility in South West England}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox Railway Depot
| name = Laira T&RSMD
| image = Laira Depot goings on.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Looking south from Laira Flyover
| location = [[Plymouth]], United Kingdom 
| coordinates = {{coord|50.3819|-4.1055|type:landmark_region:GB_scale:2000_source:Google|display=inline,title}}
| grid_ref_UK = SX503557
| owner = [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]]
| depotcode = {{ubl|83D (1948-1963)|84A (1963-1973)|LA (1973-present)<ref>{{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-electric locomotive|Diesel]], [[InterCity 125|HST]]
| opened = 1901<br />1931 Enlarged to replace [[Plymouth Millbay railway station|Millbay]] shed<br />1962 Rebuilt for diesels<br />1981 Rebuilt for HSTs
| closed = 
| original = [[Great Western Railway]]
| pregrouping = Great Western Railway
| postgrouping = {{unbulleted list|Great Western Railway|[[British Railways]]}}
}}

'''Laira Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot''' is a railway [[traction maintenance depot]] situated in [[Plymouth]], Devon, England. The depot is operated by [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] (GWR) and is where their fleet of {{brc|802}} InterCity Express Trains and remaining [[Inter City 125|Castle Class trains]] are overhauled. Other trains visit for daily servicing including some operated by [[CrossCountry]].

After sixty years as a steam depot, servicing locomotives used on the [[Exeter to Plymouth line]] that runs past the shed as well as local lines, diesels started to arrive in 1958. A diesel depot opened in 1962 and was expanded in 1981 to accommodate the High Speed Trains.

The depot code 'LA' is used to identify rolling stock based there.

==History==

=== Steam shed ===
Laira was the location of the [[Laira railway station|temporary terminus]] of the [[South Devon Railway Company|South Devon Railway]] from 5 May 1848 when a small [[Motive power depot|engine shed]] would have been provided.  With the completion of the line to [[Plymouth Millbay railway station]] on 2 April 1849 a new shed was provided there and the facilities at Laira dismantled, although it remained a junction for the branch line to Sutton Harbour which was [[Dual gauge|mixed gauge]] for the use of the [[Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway]].

The [[Great Western Railway]], which had [[Consolidation (business)|amalgamated]] with the South Devon Railway on 1 February 1876, a new engine shed opened at Laira in 1901<ref name=Smith>{{cite book  | last = Smith  | first = Martin  | title = An Illustrated History of Plymouth's Railways  | publisher = Irwell Press  | year = 1995  | location = Caernarfon  | isbn = 1-871608-41-4 }}</ref> on a site inside a triangle of lines formed by the main line, Sutton Harbour branch, and a curve that was mainly used by [[London and South Western Railway]] trains to reach their terminus at [[Plymouth Friary railway station|Plymouth Friary]].<ref>{{cite book  | last = Baker  | first = S.K.  | title = Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland  | date = 4 January 2024 | publisher = Oxford Publishing Company  | isbn =  978-0-86093-553-7}}</ref> A [[sewerage treatment]] facility and poor ground conditions constrained the site of the shed to the north west corner of the triangle (near Lipson Junction) . It was adjacent to the Embankment Road with the estuary of the [[River Plym]] just the other side of the road. The shed was a {{cvt|185|ft|m}} brick [[Railway roundhouse|roundhouse]] with a {{cvt|65|ft|m}} [[Turntable (railroad)|turntable]] in the middle. 28 lines radiated from the turntable, one for access and the remainder for stabling locomotives. Loocmotives approached from the east (Laira Junction) passing a coaling stage.<ref name="Roach-1">{{cite magazine |last1=Roach |first1=Michael |title=Laira Shed, Plymouth (part 1) |magazine=British Railways Illustrated |date=2017 |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=96–105}}</ref>

A small railway station known as [[Laira Halt railway station|Laira Halt]] was opened on the adjacent main line on 1 June 1904 but closed again on 7 July 1930.<ref>{{cite book| last = Oakley| first = Mike| title = Devon Railway Stations| publisher = The Dovecote Press| year = 2007| location = Wimbourne| isbn =978-1-904349-55-6}}</ref>

Initially Laira was only used for goods locomotives but after the passenger locomotive shed at Millbay closed in 1924 it became very crowded. In 1931 a new {{cvt|210|ft|m}} long and {{cvt|67|ft|m}} wide shed with four tracks was brought into use just south of the original roundhouse, funded by a government loan under the [[Development (Loan Guarantees and Grants) Act 1929]] ([[20 & 21 Geo. 5]]. c. 7). This became known as the 'Long Shed' or 'New Shed'.<ref name=LA91>''Laira '91'', InterCity Laira (1991)</ref> At the same time additional sidings were laid near the coaling stage (which was doubled in length) and a second track connected to give a separate exit route from the roundhouse. The new shed was built over part of the area previously used by the sewerage treatment facility. A new line connected Laira Junction with Mount Gould Junction (the southern point of the triangle of lines surrounding the shed. This line became known as the 'Speedway' and allowed locomotives to turn on the triangle rather than on the turntable inside the roundhouse.<ref name="Roach-2">{{cite magazine |last1=Roach |first1=Michael |title=Laira Shed, Plymouth (part 2) |magazine=British Railways Illustrated |date=2018 |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=142–149}}</ref>

During [[World War II]] a covered extension was added on the south side of the coaling stage to give an additional place to refuel locomotives.<ref name="Roach-2"/> In 1947 some steam locomotives were converted to burn oil rather than coal. Oil tanks were installed alongside the siding to the south of the Long Shed.<ref name="Fisher">{{cite magazine |last1=Fisher |first1=Alex |title=Pioneering Laira |magazine=Railways Illustrated |date=2017 |issue=178 |pages=56–62}}</ref>

===Diesel shed===
[[File:Laira Depot Plymouth. - geograph.org.uk - 818770.jpg|thumb|A view from the south in 1972. The carriages are standing where fuel oil was piped from wagons into the storage tanks. A '[[British Rail Class 52|Westerns]]' stand outside the long servicing shed. The main maintenance shed is the taller building behind.]]
[[British Rail Class 41 (Warship Class)|Warship Class]] [[diesel-hydraulic]] locomotives started to appear in 1958 and were at first accommodated in the Long Shed alongside steam locomotives until the diesel maintenance depot had been finished.<ref name=LA91/> The Laira marshalling yard alongside Embankment Road was closed in 1958 to make room for carriage sidings and a new diesel shed, which was fully opened on 13 March 1962, although parts had been in use since 1960.<ref name=Reed>{{cite book | last = Reed  | first = Brian | title = Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotives of the Western Region | publisher = David and Charles | year = 1975 | location = Newton Abbot | isbn = 0-7153-6769-2 | pages=87–94}}</ref>

Laira was designed for the servicing and heavy maintenance of the diesel-hydraulic locomotives favoured by the [[Western Region of British Railways]], the first of the region's purpose designed large diesel depots. It also handled the local [[Diesel-electric transmission|diesel electric]] shunter and [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]] fleets, although servicing of the latter was done initially at Belmont sidings at Millbay.<ref name=Reed/>

The diesel shed was in reinforced concrete and comprised three adjoining buildings. The servicing and maintenance building that covers roads 1–4 is on the western side of the shed; number 1 road is equipped with a wheel [[lathe]] and lifting jacks for [[bogie]] changes. The central building was the Heavy Maintenance Shed; engines can be removed and repainting undertaken on the two roads, numbers 5 and 6. The final three roads were another servicing shed on the eastern side of the site.<ref name=LA91/> Beside this was a small covered area with fuelling points outside in the yard, supplied by a 45,000 gallon fuel tank.<ref name=Reed/> A small group of buildings behind the shed house stores and a workshop for shed equipment.<ref name="Fisher"/> Carriage washing takes place south of the shed at Mount Gould.

After the withdrawal of steam from the area in 1964, the roundhouse was closed on 13 June 1965 and the area used for additional siding space.<ref name="Roach-3">{{cite magazine |last1=Roach |first1=Michael |title=Laira Shed, Plymouth (part 3) |magazine=British Railways Illustrated |date=2018 |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=220–227}}</ref><ref name=Smith/><ref>{{cite book  | last = Cooke  | first = R A  | title = Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR and BR WR: Section 12, Plymouth  | publisher = R A Cooke  | year = 1979  | location = Harwell}}</ref> This area was later modernised and fenced off in readiness for servicing the [[Nightstar (train)|Nightstar]] [[Channel Tunnel]] [[Sleeping car|sleeper coaches]], but the proposed service from {{stnlnk|Plymouth}} to Paris [[Gare du Nord]] never materialised.<ref name="Fisher"/>

On 30 September 1981 a new shed, {{cvt|240|m|ft}} long was opened on the site of the smaller servicing shed on the east side of the site. This can accommodate the eight coaches and two {{brc|43|dab=HST}} power cars of a High Speed Train set.<ref name=LA91/> An additional covered track was later added in preparation for the proposed Nightstar services.<ref name="Fisher"/>

After the replacement of High Speed Trains on London services, one road in the shed was leased to Hitachi to maintain the {{Brc|800}} and {{Brc|802}} 'InterCity Express Trains' (IETs) that replaced them. A number of Class 43s continued to be based at Laira to operate four-coach services to {{stnlnk|Penzance}} and {{stnlnk|Cardiff Central}}. In Edinburgh, the depot at [[Craigentinny TMD|Craigentinny]] was no longer able to  maintain [[CrossCountry]]'s Class 43s as the space was needed by Hitachi for IETs so the 12 power cars and 5 sets of coaches were transferred to Laira.<ref name=MR10-22>{{cite magazine|last1=Walmsley |first1=Ian |title=40 years unbeaten |magazine=Modern Railways |date=October 2022 |pages=42–48}}</ref>  CrossCountry will withdraw its Class 43s by October 2023 when their lease ends.<ref name=cc-hst>{{cite magazine |title=CrossCountry HSTs to bow out this year |magazine=Modern Railways |date=April 2023 |page=10}}</ref> Great Western Railway has started to reduce the number of its Class 43-powered services in December 2022 with the aim of withdrawing most of them by December 2023. The space freed will allow them to move the maintenance of all their Class 802s to Laira.<ref name=gwr-hst>{{cite magazine |title=GWR HSTs to go in December |magazine=Modern Railways |date=January 2023 |page=98}}</ref><ref name = laira >{{cite news | url = https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/class-802-maintenance-moves-to-plymouth-as-quest-for-better-availability-goes-on/63996.article | work = Railway Gazette | title = Class 802 maintenance moves to Plymouth as quest for better availability goes on | date = 24 April 2023 | access-date = 27 April 2023}}</ref>

==Historic allocation==
Up to the 1960s Laira had an allocation that consisted of a wide variety of Great Western Railway motive power, including [[GWR 4073 Class|4073 'Castle' Class]] and [[GWR 6000 Class|6000 'King' Class]] express passenger locomotives. The following lists give summaries for various years.
{|class="wikitable"
! Type
! 1929<ref>{{cite book |last= Harrison |first= Ian |title= Great Western Railway Locomotive Allocations for 1921 |year= 1984 |publisher= Wild Swan Publications |location= Upper Bucklebury |isbn= 0-906867-21-5 |page= 23}}</ref>
! 1934<ref>{{cite book |last= Pocock |first= Rev. Nigel |author2=Harrison, Ian  |title= Great Western Railway Locomotive Allocations for 1934 |year= 1987 |publisher= Wild Swan Publications |location= Didcot |isbn= 0-906867-34-7 |page= 39}}</ref>
! 1950<ref name=MPDs>{{cite book |last= Bolger |first= Paul |title= WR |series= BR Steam Motive Power Depots |year= 1983 |publisher= Ian Allan |location= Shepperton |isbn= 0-7110-1311-X |pages= 37–39}}</ref>
! 1959<ref name=MPDs/>
|-
| {{whyte|2-8-0}}
| 1 × [[GWR 2800 Class|2800 Class]]<br />5 x [[GWR 3000 Class|3000 'R.O.D.' Class]]
| 4 × 2800 Class<br />1 x 3000 'R.O.D.' Class<br />1 x [[GWR 4700 Class|4700 Class]]
| 1 × 2800 Class<br />2 x [[GWR 2884 Class|2884 Class]]<br />1 x 4700 Class<br />1 x [[WD Austerity 2-8-0|
WD 2-8-0 Class]]
| 2 × 2800 Class<br />2 x 2884 Class<br />1 x 4700 Class
|-
| {{whyte|4-6-0}}
| 10 × [[GWR 4000 Class|4000 'Star' Class]]
| 10 × [[GWR 4073 Class|4073 'Castle' Class]]<br />8 x [[GWR 4900 Class|4900 'Hall' Class]]<br />8 x [[GWR 6000 Class|6000 'King' Class]]
| 3 × [[GWR 1000 Class|1000 'County' Class]]<br />1 x 4000 'Star' Class<br />18 x 4073 'Castle' Class<br />9 x 4900 'Hall' Class<br />10 x 6000 'King' Class<br />2 x [[GWR 6800 Class|6800 'Grange' Class]]<br />2 x [[GWR 6959 Class|6959 'Hall' Class]]<br />4 x [[GWR 7800 Class|7800 'Manor' Class]]
| 3 × 1000 'County' Class<br />11 x 4073 'Castle' Class<br />5 x 4900 'Hall' Class<br />9 x 6000 'King' Class<br />5 x 6800 'Grange' Class<br />2 x 6959 'Hall' Class<br />3 x 7800 'Manor' Class
|-
| {{whyte|2-6-0}}
| 3 × [[GWR 2600 Class|2600 'Aberdare' Class]]<br />5 x [[GWR 4300 Class|4300 Class]]
| 3 × 2600 'Aberdare' Class<br />4 x 4300 Class
| 3 × 4300 Class
| 4 × 4300 Class
|-
|{{whyte| 2-6-2|T}}
| 1 × [[GWR 3100 Class|3100 Class]]<br />3 x [[GWR 4500 Class|4500 Class]]
| 3 × 3150 Class<br />2 x [[GWR 4400 Class|4400 Class]]<br />3 x 4500 Class<br />2 x [[GWR 4575 Class|4575 Class]]
| 3 × 3150 Class<br />2 x 4400 Class<br />5 x 4500 Class<br />5 x 4575 Class<br />1 x [[GWR 5100 Class|5100 Class]]
| 1 × 4500 Class<br />7 x 4575 Class<br />3 x 5100 Class
|-
|{{whyte| 0-6-0}}
| none
| none
|1 × [[GWR 2251 Class|2251 Class]]
| none
|-
| {{whyte|0-6-0|T}}
| 5 × [[GWR 850 Class|850 Class]]<br />6 x [[GWR 1076 Class|1076 Class]]<br />2 x [[GWR 1813 Class|1813 Class]]
| 6 × 850 Class<br />2 x 1076 Class<br />1 x [[GWR 1361 Class|1361 Class]]<br />2 x [[GWR 1854 Class|1854 Class]]<br />1 x [[GWR 2021 Class|2021 Class]]<br />2 x [[GWR 6400 Class|6400 Class]]<br />1 x [[GWR 5700 Class|5700 Class]]
| 4 × 1361 Class<br />1 x 2021 Class<br />21 x 5700 Class<br />7 x 6400 Class<br />1 x [[GWR 9400 Class|9400 Class]]
| 3 × 1361 Class<br />1 x [[GWR 1600 Class|1600 Class]]<br />8 x 5700 Class<br />6 x 6400 Class<br />3 x 9400 Class
|-
| {{whyte|4-4-0}}
|none
| 5 × [[GWR 3300 Class|3300 'Bulldog' Class]]
| none
| none
|-
| {{whyte|0-4-2|T}}
| none
| none
| none
| 2 x [[GWR 1400 Class|1400 Class]]
|-
| Diesel
| none
| none
| none
|See below
|-
|}
[[File:Laira - CrossCountry 43378 and GWR 43198.JPG|thumb|[[CrossCountry]] and [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] [[British Rail Class 43 (HST)|Class 43s]] in the carriage sidings beside the depot.]]
The depot was designed to maintain and service the [[Western Region of British Rail]]'s diesel-hydraulic locomotives. It became strongly associated with the [[British Rail Class 52|'Western' Class]]. The first 14 of these were delivered new to Laira in 1961 and 1962. They were transferred to other depots after a few months but Laira received a fresh allocation in 1964 and by October 1971 the whole fleet of 74 locomotives were based here.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clarke |first1=David |last2=Jennison |first2=John |title=Diesels in depth: Westerns |date=2007 |publisher=Ian Allan |isbn=978-0-7110-3250-7 |pages=61–64}}</ref> Withdrawals started in 1973 and the last were withdrawn in 1977.{{sfn|Clarke|Jennison|2007|p=86}}

By this time [[British Rail Class 50]] diesel-electric locomotives had taken over many of their duties. These were later given warship names in the same manner as the first diesel hydraulics. A fleet of [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]]s was also stationed here for operating the branch lines in [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]].<ref name=LA91/>

Since the [[Privatisation of British Rail]] the allocation has largely consisted of [[British Rail Class 43 (HST)|Class 43]] power cars for High Speed Trains along with some {{brc|08}} shunting locomotives. The DMUs in Devon and Cornwall were based at [[Cardiff Canton TMD]] for several years, but in December 2007 Laira had an allocation of two-car [[British Rail Class 150|Class 150]] and single-car [[British Rail Class 153|Class 153]] DMUs.<ref>''Fleet and Lineside News'', Rail Magazine, 16 January 2008</ref> After a while these were transferred to a reopened [[Exeter Traction Maintenance Depot]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Marsden |first= Colin J |title= Rail Guide |edition= 2010 |year= 2010 |publisher= Ian Allan |location= Hersham |isbn= 978-0-7110-3457-0 |pages= 45–48}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
! Type
! 1959<ref>{{cite book |last= Harris |first= Roger |title= The Allocation History of BR Diesels and Electrics |edition= 2nd |year= 1985 |publisher= Roger Harris |location= Bromsgrove }}</ref>
! 1974<ref>{{cite book |title= BR Locoshed Book |edition= 1975 |year= 1975 |publisher= Ian Allan |location= London |isbn= 0-7110-0641-5}}</ref>
! 1988<ref>{{cite book |editor= Morrison, Brian |title= British Rail Motive Power Combined Volume |edition= 1988 |year= 1988 |publisher= Ian Allan |location= London | isbn=0-7110-1776-X}}</ref>
! 2010<ref>{{cite book|last= Marsden|first= Colin J.|title= Rail Guide|edition= 2010|year= 2010|publisher= Ian Allan Publishing|location= Hersham|isbn= 978-0-7110-3457-0| pages=45–57}}</ref>
|-
| Main line
| 3 × {{Brc|22}}<br />5 x {{Brc|41|dab=Warship Class}}<br />4 x {{Brc|42}}
| 12 × {{Brc|25}}<br />11 x {{Brc|46}}<br />10 x {{Brc|50}}<br />54 x {{Brc|52}}
| 6 × {{Brc|37}}<br />26 x {{Brc|43|dab=HST}}<br />30 x Class 50
| 30 × Class 43
|-
| Shunting
| 2 × {{Brc|03}}<br />6 x {{Brc|08}}
| 2 × Class 03<br />7 x Class 08
| 13 × Class 08
| 3 × Class 08
|-
| [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]]
|
| 5 × [[British Rail Class 101|Class 101]] 3-car<br />3 x [[British Rail Class 116|Class 116]] 3-car<br />2 x [[British Rail Class 118|Class 118]] 3-car<br />6 x [[British Rail Class 119|Class 119]] 3-car<br />1 x Class 119 2-car<br />1 x [[British Rail Class 120|Class 120]] 2-car<br />2 x [[British Rail Class 122|Class 122]] 1-car<br />1 x Class 122 {{abbr|DTS|Driving Trailer Second}}
| 9 × Class 101 2-car<br />4 x [[British Rail Class 108|Class 108]] 2-car<br />2 x Class 118 3-car<br />3 x Class 118 2-car<br />1 x [[British Rail Class 121|Class 121]] 1-car<br />3 x Class 122 1-car<br />2 x Class 121 {{abbr|DTS|Driving Trailer Second}}
| none
|-
|}

==Servicing==
In addition to repairs and overhauls of the trains allocated to the Laira, the depot undertakes daily serving on other classes of train. In 2022 these were<ref name=MR10-22/>
* Allocated to Laira:
** {{Brc|43|dab=HST}} 'Castles' (3 sets, 6 power cars)
** {{Brc|43|dab=HST}} 'High Speed Trains' (2 sets, 4 power cars for CrossCountry)
* Allocated to other depots
** {{Brc|800}} and {{Brc|802}} 'InterCity Express Trains' (17 sets)
** {{Brc|150}} DMUs (2 sets)
** {{Brc|220}} and {{Brc|221}} CrossCountry 'Voyagers' (6 sets for CrossCountry)

During 2023 both Class 43 fleets were run down but Class 802s were allocated to Laira.<ref name=gwr-hst/><ref name=cc-hst/>

==Shed codes==
[[File:Laira 84A shedplate on D1023.jpg|thumb|right|A shed plate carried by a Laira engine]]
The following [[List of British Railways shed codes|shed codes]] have been used to identify locomotives allocated to Laira:
{|
|-
!align="left"|LA
|Great Western Railway||
|-
!align="left"|83D
|British Railways||from 1949
|-
!align="left"|84A
|British Railways||from 1963
|-
!align="left"|LA
|British Rail||from 1973
|}
{{Clear}}

==Named locomotives==
Locomotives named after Laira depot have been:
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!class=unsortable|Image
!Name
!Locomotive
!Company
!Class
!Name carried
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
|[[File:GWR 3338 Laira nameplate.jpg|150px]]
|''Laira''
|3338 
|[[Great Western Railway|GWR]]
|[[GWR Bulldog Class|Bulldog]]
|1900-1930
| {{whyte|4-4-0}} steam locomotive. Renumbered 3326 in 1912.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Reed |first1=P.J.T. |title=The locomotives of the Great western Railway (Part 7) |date=1954 |publisher=Railway Correspondence and Travel Society |page=30}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Pride of Laira 43179.jpg|150px]]
|''Pride of Laira''
|43179
|[[British Rail|BR]]
|{{nowrap|[[British Rail Class 43 (HST)|Class 43]]}}
|1991-2017
|Named during a depot open day.<ref name="Fisher"/><ref name=MRI>{{cite magazine |last1=Marsden |first1=Colin J. |magazine=Modern Railways Illustrated - Loco Directory |title=TOPS numbered diesel classes |date=2018 |publisher=Key Publishing |page=83}}</ref>
|-
|
|''{{no wrap|Laira Diesel Depot}}''
|08644
|[[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|GWR (First)]]
|{{Brc|08}}
|2015-
|{{sfn|Marsden|2018|p=40}}
|-
|[[File:Pride of Laira 08641.JPG|150px]]
|''Pride of Laira''
|08641
|GWR (First)
|Class 08
|2017-
|{{sfn|Marsden|2018|p=40}}
|-
|[[File:Laira Diesel Depot 43184.JPG|150px]]
|''Laira Diesel Depot''
|43184
|[[CrossCountry]]
|Class 43
|2023
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist|33em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite magazine|title=From 'Warships' to HSTs|first=John|last=Hunt|magazine=[[Rail Magazine]]|issue=330|publisher=EMAP Apex Publications|date=6–19 May 1998|pages=30–35|issn=0953-4563|oclc=49953699}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Laira Traction Maintenance Depot}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130125203318/http://www.plymouthdata.info/Railways-Laira%20MPD-Yard.htm Encyclopedia of Plymouth History – Laira Motive Power Depot and Yard]

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