Neville Hill depot

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Neville Hill depot

Neville Hill is a railway Train Maintenance Depot located in Osmandthorpe, Leeds, England on the Leeds to Selby railway line.

The depot code is NL.

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History

Neville Hill was built by the North Eastern Railway at a cost of £132,971. It opened in 1904. In 1958 after the building of a new turntable (still used today) A DMMU shed was built. Class 40s were the first diesel locos allocated to Neville Hill.

At the formation of British Railways in 1948 the depot code was 50B, between 1960 and 1973 the depot code was 55H, after 1973 the depot code became NL.1

Current

As of 2013 the depot was operated by East Midlands Trains and Northern Rail (Northern); used for light and heavy maintenance, and train storage. Cross Country and East Coast Trains also use the site for train storage.2 The site employs over 400 people (2009).3

Network Rail also have a presence on the depot as they are currently responsible for looking after the infrastructure within the confines off the depot.

Rolling stock

As of 2011, East Midlands Trains had 24 Class 43s,4 and 10 Mark 3 sets allocated to Neville Hill.citation needed Northern had Class 144, Class 153, Class 155, Class 321, Class 322 and Class 333s allocated to Neville Hill.56

East Coast carry out light maintenance and cleaning on their High Speed Train and InterCity 225 sets as well as CrossCountry High Speed Trains.

Neville Hill also has Class 08 diesel shunters owned by Maintrain Ltd, and Wabtec Rail Ltd.5

In 2012 East Midlands Trains' facility at Neville Hill was used for the Project Miller restoration of prototype Class 41 High Speed Train 41001 to working order.78

References

  1. ^ "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes". www.therailwaycentre.com. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2012. 
  2. ^ "Network Rail Route Specifications 2011 – London North Eastern". Network Rail. SRS H.06 Leeds-Colton Junction, p.165. Retrieved 18 January 2013. 
  3. ^ "NEVILLE HILL TRAIN DEPOT OPENS ITS DOORS". www.northernrail.org. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2013. 
  4. ^ "Power Car Fleet List 4 December 2011". www.125group.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2013. 
  5. ^ a b "Mainline fleet lists - Depot - NL - Neville Hill". www.railwayscene.co.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2012. 
  6. ^ "EMUs AbRail Rail Databases - Electric Multiple Units". Retrieved 18 January 2013. 
  7. ^ "Project Miller website blog". Retrieved 18 January 2013. 
  8. ^ Bob Gwynne (17 July 2012). "The HST prototype project: strides forward". National Railway Museum blog. Retrieved 18 January 2013. 

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Coordinates: 53°47′32″N 1°30′18″W / 53.79229°N 1.50510°W / 53.79229; -1.50510


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