Finsbury Park TMD was a railway Traction Maintenance Depot

Traction maintenance depot

In the United Kingdom, a traction maintenance depot, or TMD, is a railway depot where locomotives are serviced and maintained. A traction and rolling stock maintenance depot, or T&RSMD, is a maintenance depot where locomotives, multiple units and rolling stock are serviced and maintained. Each rail...

 situated in London

London

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, England

England

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. It was the first purpose built main line diesel locomotive depot opened in this country and it was fully commissioned in April 1960 ( Allan Baker - "Deltics At Work" - P23 - ISBN 0-7110-1536-8). It was downgraded in June 1981 and closed in October 1983 (Deltics At Work P97). Finsbury Park was a steam

Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...

 shed under British Railways with the depot code 34G; the depot code of the diesel depot under BR was FP. The nearest railway station is Finsbury Park

Finsbury Park station

Finsbury Park Station is a busy transport interchange in North London. The interchange consists of an interconnected National Rail station, London Underground station and two bus stations. The main entrances are by the eastern bus station on Station Place...

. The site is now covered in residential flats which can be seen to the SW of Finsbury Park station.