Planning work to upgrade the roof at Greater Anglia’s Norwich depot has entered the detailed design stage, led by rail infrastructure specialist Spencer Rail Engineering. The project will see the replacement of the depot’s main roof cladding, alongside upgrades to skylights, safe walkways and access arrangements to support future maintenance. New systems will also be […]
Category: Depots
New £10 million depot unveiled to maintain Manchester’s railway for passengers
A £10 million new rail maintenance depot has been unveiled to keep passenger and freight trains moving smoothly through Greater Manchester. The high-tech facility at Guide Bridge is the new home for over 120 Network Rail staff who work night and day to make the railway safe and reliable. In just over a year, the […]
Work underway on £100 million TrainCare Centre in Shipley
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) has this week welcomed Leader of Bradford Council, Susan Hinchcliffe, Councillor Alex Ross-Shaw and Councillor Liz Rowe to its Shipley site, where the programme is investing over £100 million in the construction of a new TrainCare Centre. The rail depot will initially be used to house and maintain Northern’s fleet […]
TPE invests in Liverpool depot to improve facilities for staff
TransPennine Express (TPE) has unveiled new facilities at its Liverpool depot following a £580,000 investment. The move sees the train operator more than double its workspace and provide improved facilities for up to 150 staff. The new space includes meeting rooms, a dedicated occupational health room, a traincrew gym, 16 hot desks, and a driver […]
Capel C.S selected in Greater Anglia’s £174 million civils & building works framework
Capel C.S Ltd has announced its appointment to Greater Anglia’s new £174 million Civils and Building Works Framework, joining a select group of 17 other contractors set to deliver essential infrastructure upgrades across the East Anglia rail network. The framework, managed by Transport UK East Anglia, will see works delivered across four core lots: depots […]
New £46 million depot opens in Yorkshire
A state-of-the-art £46.5 million facility built to keep trains running for passengers has opened in Yorkshire. The 175-year-old Hillhouse Sidings in Huddersfield has been transformed into a light maintenance depot, as part of the multi-billion pound Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU). Northern staff are now working to maintain, repair, and clean trains at the site, with […]
London Northwestern Railway’s Bletchley depot upgrades completed
A major milestone in the rollout of one of Britain’s newest train fleets has been reached following an £80 million investment into a key railway depot in Bletchley. London Northwestern Railway (LNR) and Rail Minister, Lord Peter Hendy, officially announced the completion of the redevelopment of Bletchley Traction Maintenance Depot (TMD) alongside local representatives and […]
Alstom celebrates historic milestone for iconic Scottish rail depot
Alstom has announced it will be opening its Glasgow Traincare Centre to the public to celebrate the historic depot’s 150th anniversary. Located around two miles south-east of Glasgow Central railway station, the Alstom facility is currently the main base of the iconic Caledonian Sleeper service, where it is maintained and cleaned by over 100 staff […]
Memory man Darren Milligan set to retire after 44 years
A man with an impressive memory, who has been helping engineers find everything they need to keep trains in the North East running for more than 40 years, is about to retire. Darren Milligan, 59, has memorised the names, suppliers and 10-digit catalogue numbers for thousands of items at Heaton TrainCare Centre in Newcastle. He […]
Publicly-owned train operators co-ordinate maintenance plans to improve efficiency
Train operators in public ownership have begun co-ordinating their maintenance plans at Heaton depot in Tyne & Wear in an efficiency drive that is expected to be rolled out across the country. Northern is the depot facilities manager for the site on the outskirts of Newcastle, but it is also used by LNER and TransPennine […]