Polmadie Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot

Polmadie Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot (T&RSMD), also known as Polmadie Depot, Polmadie Traction Depot[1] 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[2]

The depot is also used for overnight stabling of East Coast InterCity 225 sets as well as for daytime storage, maintenance and cleaning of ScotRail Caledonian Sleeper stock.

The depot was originally built in 1879 by the Caledonian Railway.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Site record for Glasgow, 103 Polmadie Road, Polmadie Motive Power Depot". Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments in Scotland. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/277707/details/glasgow+103+polmadie+road+polmadie+motive+power+depot/. Retrieved 2010-09-18. 
  2. ^ "Driver marks Virgin Train’s £2 million investment at Polmadie". European Railway Review. 2010-09-02. http://www.europeanrailwayreview.com/rail-industry-news/driver-marks-virgin-trains-2-million-investment-at-polmadie. Retrieved 2010-09-18.