Corkerhill Carriage Servicing Maintenance Depot

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Corkerhill Carriage Servicing Maintenance Depot
Location
Location Corkerhill, Glasgow
Coordinates 55°50′09″N4°19′31″W / 55.8358°N 4.3252°W / 55.8358; -4.3252 Coordinates: 55°50′09″N4°19′31″W / 55.8358°N 4.3252°W / 55.8358; -4.3252
OS grid NS544627
Characteristics
Owner(s) ScotRail
Depot code(s)CK (1973 -) [1]
Type DMU, EMU
History
Opened1 December 1896 [2] [3]

Corkerhill Carriage Servicing Maintenance Depot is located in Corkerhill, Glasgow, Scotland. The depot is situated on the Paisley Canal Line and is to the east of Corkerhill station.

The depot code is CK.

Allocation

As of 2020, Corkerhill is responsible for the maintenance and cleaning of all 43 ScotRail Class 156s & 18 of the 40 ScotRail Class 158s (units 158723-158736 & 158738-158741) with the other 22 units, 158701-158722 being maintained at Inverness TMD. It is also a cleaning and stabling point for ScotRail Class 318s, Class 320s, Class 380s and Class 385s.

Up until the December 2019 timetable change, TransPennine Express Class 185s and Class 350s could also be seen visiting Corkerhill overnight for cleaning, stabling and light maintenance after working the evening services from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Central.

Corkerhill also cleaned and stabled the now withdrawn ScotRail Class 314s up until December 2019.

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References

  1. "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Corkerhill Depot history". The Locomotive & Carriage Institution. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  3. Corkerhill Railway Station (Burrell Collection Photo Library) Archived 6 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine , The Glasgow Story