Ryde Traincare Depot

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Ryde Traincare Depot
Location
Location Ryde, Isle of Wight, England
Coordinates 50°43′26″N1°09′23″W / 50.724°N 1.1565°W / 50.724; -1.1565
OS grid SZ595920
Characteristics
Operator Island Line
Depot codeRY (1973-) [1]
Type EMU, Departmental
Rolling stock Class 484
History
Former depot code
  • 71F (1948-1954)
  • 70H(1954-1973) [1]
Former rolling stock Class 483
Class 485 and 486

Ryde Traincare Depot is a railway traction maintenance depot, situated in Ryde, Isle of Wight, to the east of Ryde St John's Road railway station. [2] The depot is operated by Island Line, is allocated the Island Line fleet of the British Rail Class 484s. The depot code is RY. [3]

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Flood risk

A stream runs alongside the railway line at this point, and it has flooded parts of the depot on several occasions. The flood in January 1994 damaged two cars of Class 483 stock, while in 1998 trains had to be moved away from the depot to prevent damage. In October 2000, the flooding was extensive and not only damaged four Class 483 units but also washed away ballast at nearby Smallbrook, meaning Island Line Trains had to suspend their services for several days. [4]

History

Before the Island Line was electrified, Ryde depot was home to maintenance works for steam locomotives running on the island's rail network. Steam locos still running on the island are now maintained at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway's works at Havenstreet. [5]

In 1987, the depot had an allocation of Classes 485 and 486 EMUs, as well as Class 97 departmental locomotives. [6]

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References

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  3. ↑ Tony Booth (n.d.). "Depot, Works and Store Codes". AbRail Rail Databases. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  4. ↑ Hardy 2003 , p. 76
  5. ↑ "Isle of Wight Steam Railway - motive". Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  6. ↑ Marsden 1987 , pp. 94–95

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