Craigentinny Train Maintenance Centre

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Craigentinny Train Maintenance Centre
Location
Location Craigentinny, Edinburgh, Scotland
Coordinates 55°57′10″N3°07′33″W / 55.9527°N 3.1259°W / 55.9527; -3.1259
OS grid NT297738
Characteristics
Owner Network Rail
Operator Hitachi Rail
Depot codeEC (1973-)
Type
History
Opened1904

Craigentinny Train Maintenance Centre is a railway depot in the Craigentinny area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The depot is operated by Hitachi Rail with a depot code of EC. [1]

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History

The depot opened in 1904, [2] as a carriage sidings and was home to InterCity 125 HSTs operated by London North Eastern Railway until 31 December 2019, and CrossCountry InterCity 125 HSTs until September 2023. It currently services Class 220/221 Voyagers for CrossCountry and Class 397s for TransPennine Express. Hitachi Rail now undertakes maintenance on London North Eastern Railway Class 800s and 801s, ScotRail Class 385s, TransPennine Express Class 802s and Lumo Class 803s. [3] [4] It also maintains Class 73s for the Caledonian Sleeper . [5]

On 11 November 2018, Hitachi Rail took over the operation of Craigentinny Depot from London North Eastern Railway.

Facilities

The site comprises three maintenance sheds, two of which are supplied with 25,000 volts overhead wires, and a smaller repair shed for shorter trains and locomotives. There are a number of storage and stabling sidings which are not covered.

Craigentinny also operates a wheel lathe at its Portobello Edinburgh site which turns out tyre damage on rail vehicle wheels for many rail operators.

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  5. Craigentinny base for Caledonian Sleeper 73/9s Rail issue 787 11 November 2015 page 31