Depots

The Depot & Freight Staff Award rewards those who are amazing at their job in or around the depot or within the freight sector. Whether tackling logistical or transport challenges or managing tricky situations and incidents at their depot,...

GB Railfreight (GBRf) has opened new sidings on the north side of its Peterborough yard which will connect its newly opened £5.75 million Maintenance Hub to the national railway network. The opening has been a culmination of three years of...

Almost 10 years ago, a skinny black cat showed up at one of Northern’s Lancashire depots cold and hungry. The team at Blackpool took him in and named him 'Max'. And he must have spread the word that the depot...

As part of Greater Anglia’s £1.4 billion fleet replacement programme, Colchester depot has now been upgraded with new train servicing facilities, that enable it to be used to help maintain the operator’s new bi-mode trains. Two huge 40,000-litre fuel tanks,...

Sheffield-based rail depot equipment manufacturer, Mechan, has secured a major contract with Transport for Wales Rail (TfWRL). The company will be designing, building, and installing a bespoke bogie drop at the Canton rail depot in Cardiff. The custom-made unit enables...

A facility for Northern staff working on the new Northumberland Line is set to be built on the site of a former care home. The planning application for the building, which will have mess room facilities, an office, and a...

The last sections of the former maintenance sheds and the office block at Gosforth Metro depot have been pulled down, paving the way for new sidings that will provide the storage space for the new Stadler Metro train fleet. Nexus,...

The South Wales Metro has taken another important step forward with the arrival of the first brand new tram-train to Transport for Wales’ (TfW) new depot in Taff’s Well. The Class 398 tram-train was delivered by road to the new...

Sentric Safety Group, a company that manufactures and distributes leading safety solutions, has acquired Zonegreen. Headquartered in Sheffield, Zonegreen develops technologies, software and services that make working in rail depots safer and more efficient. Controlled remotely, these technologies protect lives...

Plans to enlarge the DLR’s Beckton Depot to provide a new maintenance building and expanded stabling capability have been given the green light to proceed. Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that Morgan Sindall Infrastructure will be the main...