Longsight Electric TMD

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Longsight Electric TMD
Manchester Traincare Centre [1]
Location
Location Longsight, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°27′41″N2°12′00″W / 53.4615°N 2.2001°W / 53.4615; -2.2001
OS grid SJ867961
Characteristics
Owner Network Rail (leased by Alstom)[ citation needed ]
Depot codeLG (1973-present) [2]
Type EMU
History
Opened1842
BR region London Midland Region
Former depot code9A (1948-1973) [2]

Longsight Electric TMD is an AC electric railway locomotive traction maintenance depot situated in Longsight, Manchester, England. It is one of the largest train depots in the United Kingdom and can hold 179 carriages at any one time. [3]

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History

Erected in 1842 by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, the depot consisted of workshops, a carriage shed and the first engine shed; this included a 12-stall polygon, or roundhouse, about 130ft in diameter.

In 1987, the depot had an allocation of Classes 303 and 304 EMUs, [4] although electric locomotives of Classes 81, 85, 86 and 87 were also regularly seen stabled here. [5]

A group of Class 86 locomotives were allocated here in the 1990s and early 2000s to operate Virgin Cross Country's electric services.

Present

The depot is used currently by Northern Trains, Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry.

Overnight, Northern Trains stores a mixture of DMUs, such as Class 150 and Class 195, and CrossCountry stables several Class 220 or Class 221 Voyager sets.

Avanti West Coast maintains part of its Class 390 Pendolino fleet at the depot, with a maximum of 15 Class 390s stabled per night. The facility operates on a maintenance rota for the fleet. Twelve sets arrive at the facility each evening to undergo maintenance before being released the following evening, with a further three sets being stabled for periodic maintenance exams or heavy overhaul. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Five configuration stages to boost Manchester rail capacity". Rail Magazine. No. 797. 22 March 2023. pp. 30–31.
  2. 1 2 "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ "Rolling Stock Depots" (PDF). Network Rail. p. 103. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Marsden 1987 , pp. 76–77
  5. ↑ Webster, Greengrass & Greaves 1987 , p. 52
  6. ↑ "West Coast Main Line Pendolino trains get a 2 million-mile service". Manchester Evening News. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

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