Craigentinny TMD

Craigentinny Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot 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]

Craigentinny T&R.S.M.D
Location
LocationEdinburgh, Scotland, UK
Coordinates55.9527°N 3.1259°W / 55.9527; -3.1259
OS gridNT297738
Characteristics
Owner(s)Network Rail
Operator(s)Hitachi Rail
Depot code(s)EC (1973-)
Type
History
Opened1904

The depot opened in 1904,[2] as a carriage sidings and was home to InterCity 125 HSTs operated by London North Eastern Railway until 31st December 2019. It does however still maintain CrossCountry InterCity 125 sets overnight. It also services InterCity 225 sets for London North Eastern Railway, Class 220/221 Voyagers for CrossCountry and Class 350 for TransPennine Express. Hitachi Rail now undertake maintenance on London North Eastern Railway Class 800s and 801s, Abellio ScotRail Class 385s and TransPennine Express Class 802s.[3][4] It also maintains Class 73s for the Caledonian Sleeper.[5]

The site comprises 3 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.

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

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

References
  1. "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. "East Coast train marks Edinburgh depot centenary". The Scotsman. 1 October 2014.
  3. "Hitachi Rail UK Locations". Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  4. Hitachi takes over East Coast depots Modern Railways issue 843 December 2018 page 84
  5. Craigentinny base for Caledonian Sleeper 73/9s Rail issue 787 11 November 2015 page 31


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