Polmadie Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot
 A Virgin Class 221 Super Voyager enters the depot, as a First ScotRail Class 318 passes on the West Coast Main Line. | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Glasgow, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 55°50′7″N 4°14′13″W / 55.83528°N 4.23694°WCoordinates: 55°50′7″N 4°14′13″W / 55.83528°N 4.23694°W |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner(s) | Alstom |
| Depot code(s) | |
| Type | DMU, EMU |
| Rolling stock |
Class 390 Pendolino Class 221 Voyager InterCity 225 Caledonian Sleeper |
| Routes served |
West Coast Main Line East Coast Main Line Caledonian Sleeper |
| History | |
| Opened | 1879 |
| Original | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland & Scottish Railway |
| Former depot code(s) | 66A (1948-1972)[1] |
The depot in 1968
Polmadie Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot (T&RSMD), also known as Polmadie Depot, Polmadie Traction Depot[2] 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 Virgin West Coast's fleet of Class 390 Pendolinos built by Alstom, and Class 221 Super Voyagers, originally built by Bombardier[3]
The depot is also used for overnight stabling of East Coast InterCity 225 sets as well as for daytime storage, maintenance and cleaning of Caledonian Sleeper stock.
The depot was originally built in 1879 by the Caledonian Railway.[2]
References
- 1 2 "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 19 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Site record for Glasgow, 103 Polmadie Road, Polmadie Motive Power Depot". Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments in Scotland. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
- ↑ "Driver marks Virgin Train's £2 million investment at Polmadie". European Railway Review. 2010-09-02. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
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