Hornsey Electric Multiple Unit Depot

Hornsey Electric Multiple Unit Depot (EMUD)[1] is a railway maintenance depot for First Capital Connect's Great Northern fleet of electric multiple units, as well as carrying out those maintenance tasks on FCC's Thameslink Class 319 and 377 units which Bedford Cauldwell depot is unable to do. Situated in Hornsey, London, England, to the south of Hornsey Station on the East Coast Main Line, the depot code is HE.

There is a wheel lathe, large maintenance shed with lifting facilities and a train-washing plant, as well as extensive stabling sidings for FCC's commuter stock.

The FCC Driver Training Academy[2] is also located here, equipped with classrooms and Class 319 and 365 driving simulators.

Allocation

References

  1. ^ Network Rail (December 2006). London North Eastern Route Sectional Appendix. Module LN. p. 14 LOR LN101 Seq004. NR30018/02. 
  2. ^ FCC Website: Sir Moir Lockhead opens FCC's new Performance & Driver Training Academy Retrieved 2012-01-04