Ripple Lane TMD, BR depot code RL, was a traction maintenance depot located to the south of Castle Green, London, England.

It was located 9 miles 7 chains (14.6 km) east of Fenchurch Street station[3] near the marshalling yard between Dagenham Dock and Barking stations.

[5][6] In the 1970s and 1980s Ripple Lane was considered a sub-shed of Stratford (SF).

The building itself was of concrete and glass being long enough for a single Class 47 locomotive and without doors of any kind.

In 1981 there were three Class 08 shunters outstationed at Ripple Lane shunting Ripple Lane yard and the nearby Ford factory.