Depot

Multi-disciplinary engineering company Spencer Group has completed major upgrade works to Manchester International Depot to transform it into a modern train servicing and stabling facility. Spencer Group M&E was selected by Northern as its delivery partner for the building and...

Northern has upgraded its TrainCare Centre in Hull - a move which will improve service reliability for passengers. Now completed, the work at the Hull Botanic Gardens facility will increase the Centre's maintenance and servicing capacity – helping keep more...

Greater Anglia’s Norwich Crown Point Depot is celebrating 40 years of servicing Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex’s trains. The depot, which employs over 100 staff, has seen many changes over the years, most recently undergoing an extensive redevelopment to accommodate Greater...

Stadler has recently finished the construction of the main building at Gosforth depot, soon to become the base for the new fleet of 46 trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro. Covering 12 acres just outside Newcastle city-centre, the new...

Sheffield-based rail specialists, Zonegreen, have equipped one of the busiest maintenance depots in the country with state-of-the-art safety technology. South Western Railway’s Wimbledon Traincare Depot in London is now using Zonegreen’s flagship Depot Personnel Protection System (DPPS) to protect staff...

A South Western Railway maintenance depot in Bournemouth, which is key to the smooth running of London area train services has improved its safety controls, thanks to Zonegreen. The Sheffield-based rail safety specialist has undertaken a complete overhaul of its...

The 100th repainted Desiro unit has been unveiled at Bournemouth Traincare Depot. Representatives from SWR, Siemens Mobility and Angel Trains joined members of the train painting team as unit 450100 was displayed in its shiny new livery. This was a significant...

Rail safety specialists, Sheffield-based Zonegreen, are enhancing the protection offered to maintenance workers across Ireland, as part of an extensive programme of depot upgrades. So far, the firm has completed safety improvements at four Irish Rail facilities and is designing...

East Midland Railway’s (EMR) £2.56 million upgrade of Nottingham’s Eastcroft train depot has been successfully completed - allowing more trains to be stabled at the key regional hub.  The significant investment allows the depot to stable more trains at a...

UK rail depot maintenance firm MTMS has been given the supportive task of ensuring some of the country’s most iconic trains remain clean, fast and reliable after it won a major contract with Hitachi Rail. The firm, based in Swadlincote,...