Depot

Ahead of the delivery of the first new train this year, good progress is being made on the construction of the new £70m Gosforth Metro depot, which will accommodate the 46 new trains for Tyne and Wear Metro, being...

HS2 today revealed the design for the new high speed railway’s state-of-the-art maintenance hub, which will bring around 180 jobs to Calvert in Buckinghamshire. Taking its inspiration from the style of local agricultural buildings and the industrial heritage of the...

Sheffield-based rail safety specialist, Zonegreen, will be sharing its knowledge and experience with the sector at this year’s Railtex exhibition. The firm’s technical director, Christian Fletcher, a leading expert in depot protection, will be holding workshops during the event discussing...

The first phase of East Midland Railway’s (EMR) £2 million upgrade of Nottingham’s Eastcroft Depot has been successfully completed – while further investment for safety lighting has also been secured. Eastcroft Depot is at the centre of EMR’s Regional operations...

Work has begun to transform East Midlands Railway’s (EMR) Etches Park depot in Derby in preparation for the arrival of the companies’ new Aurora train fleet. The £35 million pound project, which is largely funded by rolling stock company RockRail,...

Hitachi Rail’s depot in Doncaster is improving its excellent safety measures, courtesy of Sheffield-based Zonegreen, ensuring staff enjoy enhanced protection, no matter where they are working. The rail safety specialists have installed a sidings warning system at Doncaster Carr to...

Scotland’s Railway is continuing ‘Fit For The Future’ investments with the opening on Sunday (12 December) of a new engineering depot at Cadder, near Glasgow. Located between Bishopbriggs and Lenzie on the Edinburgh & Glasgow line, Cadder was quickly identified...

The National College for Advanced Transport & Infrastructure (NCATI), has received a Depot Protection system from Depot Safety specialist FirstClass Safety & Control (FCSC) to support training and familiarisation for the college’s trainees and lecturers. FCSC donated a working Depot Protection...

Rail safety specialist, Sheffield-based Zonegreen, has completed the first in a series of planned depot enhancements for Scottish railway operator, ScotRail. The firm has installed its flagship Depot Personnel Protection System (DPPS) at Aberdeen’s Clayhills facility to ensure staff are...

Trains in East Anglia are set to sparkle after Greater Anglia installed a new carriage washer machine at Colchester depot. The £1.5m machine was installed in August and can wash up to 70 carriages per hour. The new train wash is...