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Polmadie_TRSMD Latitude and Longitude:

55°50′7″N 4°14′13″W / 55.83528°N 4.23694°W / 55.83528; -4.23694
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Polmadie T&RSMD
Location
Location Glasgow, United Kingdom
Coordinates 55°50′7″N 4°14′13″W / 55.83528°N 4.23694°W / 55.83528; -4.23694
Characteristics
Owner Alstom
Depot code
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
Opened1879 (1879)
Original Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Former depot code66A (1948-1972) [1]
Depot entrance from West Coast Main Line
Locomotives at Polmadie 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 Avanti 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 daytime storage, maintenance and cleaning of Caledonian Sleeper stock.

The depot was originally built in 1879 by the Caledonian Railway. [2]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Site record for Glasgow, 103 Polmadie Road, Polmadie Motive Power Depot". Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments in Scotland. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Driver marks Virgin Train's £2 million investment at Polmadie". European Railway Review. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.