Polmadie TRSMD

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Polmadie T&RSMD
Location
Location Glasgow, United Kingdom
Coordinates 55°50′7″N4°14′13″W / 55.83528°N 4.23694°W / 55.83528; -4.23694
Characteristics
Owner Alstom
Depot code
Type DMU, EMU
Rolling stock
Routes served West Coast Main Line
East Coast Main Line
Caledonian Sleeper
History
Opened1879 (1879)
Original Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Former depot code66A (1948-1972) [1]
Depot entrance from West Coast Main Line in 2006 Polmadie.jpg
Depot entrance from West Coast Main Line in 2006
Locomotives at Polmadie depot in 1968 Polmadie loco sheds - geograph.org.uk - 297918.jpg
Locomotives at Polmadie depot in 1968

Polmadie Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot (T&RSMD), also known as Polmadie Depot, Polmadie Traction Depot [4] and Polmadie Carriage Maintenance Depot (Glasgow) is a railway maintenance depot on the West Coast Main Line in the Polmadie district of Glasgow, Scotland. The depot is run by Alstom, who maintain Avanti West Coast's fleet of Class 390 Pendolinos. [2]

The depot is also used for daytime storage, maintenance and cleaning of Caledonian Sleeper stock.

The depot was originally built in 1879 by the Caledonian Railway. [4] [5]

References

  1. 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 19 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Driver marks Virgin Train's £2 million investment at Polmadie". European Railway Review. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  3. ↑ Clinnick, Richard (6 September 2017). "First Picture: TransPennine Express Class 397 takes shape in Spain". Rail Magazine . Peterborough: Bauer Consumer Media. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 Historic Environment Scotland. "Glasgow, 109 Polmadie Road, Polmadie Motive Power Depot (Site no. NS56SE 2157)" . Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Glasgow, 109 Polmadie Road, Polmadie Motive Power Depot, Canmore


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