 The EWS depot closed as a maintenance centre from 10 December 2005, but EWS' successor DB Cargo UK still uses the depot for long term storage and occasional stabling.Cardiff Canton was opened in June 1882 as a six road, -long shed, built to replace Long Dyke, east of Cardiff General station.The GWR enlarged the depot in 1897 with a -diameter turntable installed in a square locomotive shed with 28 roads radiating of off the turntable.