Depot Road numbering

[silverfoxcc]

Looking at Northumberland Park Depot on Sunday, i noticed that the lowest road number was in the 20's IIRC. Why didnt it start at 1?

 

[Dstock7080]

Most LU depots and sidings start from 21.
I'm sure it was done with future expansion in mind, ie not going below 1.
Ealing Common does start from A, B then 1, 2 etc.
Some, like Upminster, have recently added roads counting down from 21.

 

[swt_passenger]

There was a thread in late 2013 that drifted onto this topic half way down the first page. Dstock7080 was also a contributor to it, there's a bit of history there about the reasons for the numbering schemes:

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=92049

Took a bit of searching for as it started out as "Derailment at Farringdon"...

 

[silverfoxcc]

Thanks for the links, and a belated Happy New Year

 

[swt_passenger]

Thanks for the links, and a belated Happy New Year

Thanks to you too. Always nice to see someone replying following posting of info.