Hall Road TMD was a railway Traction Maintenance Depot situated adjacent to Hall Road railway station. The depot was a facility for storage and servicing of Merseyrail multiple units and rolling stock. It had two shed roads and four additional siding tracks; each road had capacity for three Class 507 or 508 sets (9 carriages). The depot code is HR.
The depot was built in 1939 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway to provide additional capacity for the new fleet of Class 502 EMUs then being delivered. From 1978 it began to house the new Merseyrail Class 507 and, later, 508 units. The Class 507 EMUs were far more regularly seen at the depot until its final years of use when the Class 508s began to be used interchangeably with the Wirral Line. A Class 936 departmental train, used for Sandite and de-icing duties, was often stabled in the shed.
The depot was taken out of use in 1997; from then on all stock on the Northern Line was serviced at Kirkdale or Birkenhead North depots. Some of the tracks to the depot and the local signal were removed during summer 2006.
A Plan had been drawn up by the 502 Group to use Hall Road TMD As a base for their loco and for her restoration. Sadly After many years of disuse, Many years of neglect had led to the depot and its associated outbuildings becoming derelict and potentially dangerous with no hope for restoration or public access. So because of this the depot was demolished in April 2009.
Nothing Remains of the Depot Today.
Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland S.K. Baker ISBN 0-86093-553-1