Driver Depots

[JonnyH]

Hi guys

Apologies if this has been covered before but I can't find it.

Does anyone know where I might be able to find a comprehensive list of all driver depots in the UK at the various TOC's?

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[godfreycomplex]

I don't think there is an up-to-date comprehensive list; so I'm going to quite simply spew out all the ones I know; and if anyone has any additions/corrections; please feel free to add them; for drivers and guards (If a new depot is planned; I won't add it on here until it's confirmed as definitely opening)
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Train Operating Companies - Drivers
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South Western Railway - Waterloo; Wimbledon Park; Strawberry Hill; Feltham (soon) Staines; Woking; Guildford; Farnham; Fratton; Basingstoke ; Salisbury; Northam; Bournemouth; Weymouth; Yeovil Junction; Ryde St John’s Road
Southern - Victoria; London Bridge; Norwood; Selhurst; Caterham; Epsom; Redhill; Horsham; Three Bridges; Brighton; Eastbourne; Barnham.
Southeastern - Victoria; Grove Park; Orpington; Slade Green; Dartford; Charing Cross; Tonbridge; Hastings; Ashford; Faversham; Dover; Ramsgate; Gillingham
c2c - East Ham; Shoeburyness
Greater Anglia - Liverpool Street; Bishops Stortford; Cambridge; Ilford; Southend; Colchester; Ipswich; Norwich; Clacton
London Overground - Chingford; Willesden Junction; Watford Junction; Euston; Stratford (satellite of Euston); New Cross Gate
MTR Lizard Line - Ilford; Gidea Park; Shenfield; Old Oak Common; Plumstead; Maidenhead
Thameslink - Bedford; Brighton; Three Bridges; Horsham; Orpington; Gillingham; Cricklewood; Ashford; St Albans & Luton. There’s also Peterborough & Cambridge; which are mixed Thameslink and Great Northern depots
Great Northern - Kings Cross; Hornsey; Welwyn; Hitchin; Kings Lynn. See note above about Peterborough and Cambridge
Chiltern - Marylebone; Aylesbury; Banbury; Birmingham Moor Street; Stourbridge Junction
GWR - Paddington; Reading; Oxford; Westbury; Exeter St Davids; Plymouth; Par; Penzance; Gloucester; Bristol Temple Meads; Bristol Parkway; Swindon; Fratton; Swansea; Swindon; Worcester Shrub Hill
TfW - Cardiff Central (Mainline/Valleys); Carmarthen; Treherbert; Rhymney; Shrewsbury; Crewe; Chester; Llandudno Junction; Holyhead; Machynlleth; Pwllheli
West Midlands Trains - Bletchley; Northampton; Coventry; New Street; Wolverhampton; Shrewsbury; Crewe; Leamington Spa; Birmingham Snow Hill; Worcester Shrub Hill
Cross Country - Bournemouth; Plymouth; Bristol Temple Meads; Birmingham New Street; Leicester; Derby; Cambridge; Manchester Piccadilly; Leeds; Newcastle; Edinburgh
Avanti West Coast - Euston; Wolverhampton; Manchester Piccadilly; Liverpool Lime Street; Preston; Polmadie; Edinburgh
LNER - Kings Cross; Doncaster; Leeds; Newcastle; Edinburgh
East Midlands Railway - St Pancras; Derby; Nottingham; Lincoln; Boston; Norwich; Kettering (soon)
Merseyrail - Kirkdale; Birkenhead Central; Southport
TPE - Manchester Piccadilly; Preston; York; Scarborough; Newcastle; Lime Street; Sheffield; Cleethorpes; Hull; Glasgow Central
Northern - Lime Street; Wigan Wallgate; Blackpool North; Barrow; Workington; Carlisle; Buxton; Manchester Piccadilly; Manchester Victoria; Blackburn; Huddersfield; Harrogate; Leeds; Sheffield; Doncaster; York; Hull; Darlington; Newcastle; Skipton
Scotrail - Oban; Mallaig; Stranraer; Dumfries; Ayr; Gourock; Glasgow Central; Glasgow Queen Street; Shields; Corkerhill; Yoker; Helensburgh; Motherwell; Airdrie; Bathgate; Stirling; Edinburgh; Tweedbank; Perth; Dundee; Aberdeen; Inverness; Kyle of Lochalsh; Wick; Fort William
Gatwick Express - Victoria
Eurostar - St Pancras
Eurotunnel - Cheriton
Hull Trains - Hull
Grand Central - Bradford; Sunderland
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Freight Operating Companies - Drivers
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DB Cargo - Operates under a "Hub" system where work can start and finish at various locations. I'll give the main locations around which the hub centres. West Midlands (Bescot/Saltley); Oxfordshire (Didcot); Wiltshire (Westbury); Scotland (Mossend/Millerhill); South Wales (Newport ADJ/Margam); East Midlands (Toton/Leicester); North West (Warrington and some places on Merseyside); Yorkshire (Knottingley?); North East (Tyne Yard/Tees Yard); West London (Acton); East London (Stratford); North London (Wembley); Kent (Hither Green; perhaps Dollands Moor as well but may come under different hub) Hampshire (Eastleigh); probably a great many more
Freightliner Intermodal - Eastleigh; Tilbury Town; Ipswich; Lawley Street (Birmingham); Basford Hall (Crewe); Leeds FLT; Mossend
Freightliner Heavy Haul - Eastleigh; Thamesport (Grain); Peterborough; Tilbury Town; Basford Hall (Crewe); Guide Bridge; Hope (Earles Sidings); Carlisle; Wentloog; Taunton; Bedford; Reading; Whatley various others...
Direct Rail Services - Inverness; Grangemouth; Motherwell; Carlisle; Sellafield; York; Crewe; Rugby; Stowmarket; Willesden.
GBRF - Inverness; Polmadie; Craigentinny; Fort William; Willesden; Crewe; Wavertree; Southampton; Tonbridge; Hoo Junction; Motherwell; Bristol; Peterborough; Bardon Hill; Tyne Yard; Wellingborough; a good number of others
Colas - mostly mobile and home based but work centres around Dunbar; Eastleigh; Birmingham; Finsbury Park and a good few more.
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Guards
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All-DOO operators - c2c; London Overground; Crossrail; Thameslink; Great Northern; Heathrow & Gatwick Express
South Western Railway -
Non-commercial Guards only - Wimbledon & Strawberry Hill
Commercial guards only - Salisbury; Yeovil Junction (soon); Ryde St John’s Road; Fratton; Bournemouth; Weymouth; Basingstoke & Farnham
Both grades - Waterloo; Woking; Guildford & Staines
Southern - guards Selhurst; Eastbourne; Brighton & Barnham. OBSs Victoria; East Croydon; Horsham; Brighton; Barnham & Eastbourne
Southeastern - all drivers’ depots minus Victoria; Charing Cross; Grove Park; Orpington; Slade Green & Dartford
Greater Anglia - Liverpool Street; Wickford; Colchester; Clacton; Ipswich; Norwich
Chiltern - Aylesbury (guard trained RPIs); Banbury; Birmingham Moor Street; Stourbridge Junction
GWR -
Conductors only at Par; Gloucester; Redhill; Westbury; Weymouth & Fratton
Train Managers only at Paddington; Swansea; Cardiff Central; Swindon; Worcester & Plymouth
Both grades at Reading; Bristol Temple Meads; Exeter St Davids & Penzance
TfW - all drivers’ depots
West Midlands Trains - all drivers’ depots; plus Watford & Stourbridge junctions
Cross Country
Senior conductors only at Leicester & Cambridge
Train Managers only at Plymouth; Bournemouth; Reading; Leeds; Newcastle; Edinburgh; Manchester Piccadilly
Both grades at Bristol Temple Meads & Birmingham New Street
Avanti West Coast - all drivers’ depots (TMs sign on at Glasgow Central vice Polmadie); plus Holyhead
LNER - all drivers’ depots; plus Aberdeen
East Midlands Railway -
Senior Conductors only at Lincoln; Boston & Norwich
Train Managers only at St Pancras & Sheffield
Both grades at Derby & Nottingham
Merseyrail - all drivers’ depots
TPE - all drivers’ depots; plus Manchester Airport
Northern - all drivers’ depots; minus Darlington; plus Middlesborough
Scotrail - all drivers’ depots; minus Gourock; Airdrie; Bathgate; Motherwell; Shields; Corkerhill; Yoker & Helensburgh
Eurostar - St Pancras. There’s also some continental crew bases (Brussels; Lille, Paris & Amsterdam) but a simple transfer between depots isn’t possible, one has to apply as an external
Grand Central - all drivers’ depots
Hull Trains - Hull
Caledonian Sleeper - London Euston; Edinburgh Waverley; Dalmuir
Last update - 16:15 13/6/20 - added SWR Feltham

 

[Sammy h]

Missed Edinburgh off Virgin WC.

 

[godfreycomplex]

Added both of those - cheers all
Also should point out that I don't know where to start with the FOCs. All except DRS have a depot at Eastleigh; Freightliner Intermodal are Tilbury/London Gateway; Bristol; Ipswich; Lawley Street (Birmingham); Eastleigh; Crewe; Leeds & Mossend. DBC have Acton; Westbury; Margam; Leicester; Toton; Hereford (possibly closed); Saltley; Warrington; Peak Forest; Wembley (?) and quite a few more
GBRF have Eastleigh; Willesden; Hither Green; Peterborough and also quite a few more

 

[MidnightFlyer]

London Midland - ...Moor Street or Snow Hill (can't remember which); ...

Birmingham Snow Hill.

(Impressive list btw!)

 

[PHILIPE]

Missed Edinburgh off Virgin WC.

It's there

 

[JonnyH]

Thanks ever so much, especially Godfrey, for that feedback, much appreciated ??????

 

[godfreycomplex]

It's there

I edited it in afterwards

 

[godfreycomplex]

Thanks ever so much, especially Godfrey, for that feedback, much appreciated ��

No worries

 

[387star]

ATW have one in That place beginning with M I can't spell near Aberwyswyth (sp?!) and that Town beginning with P at the end of the cambrian line

Tl will have new depots at Horsham, Ashford, Gillingham, Orpington, Luton, St Albans, Cricklewood if plans go ahead

 

[MidnightFlyer]

ATW have one in That place beginning with M I can't spell near Aberwyswyth (sp?!) and that Town beginning with P at the end of the cambrian line

Machynlleth and Pwllheli

 

[Sammy h]

It's there

It wasn't there at the time of my post clever clogs

 

[driver9000]

I don't think there is an up-to-date comprehensive list; so I'm going to quite simply spew out all the ones I know; and if anyone has any additions/corrections; please feel free to add them.
South West Trains - Waterloo; Wimbledon; Strawberry Hill; Staines; Woking; Guildford; Farnham; Fratton; Basingstoke; Salisbury; Northam; Bournemouth; Weymouth
Southern - Victoria; London Bridge; Norwood; Selhurst; Caterham; Epsom; Redhill; Horsham; Three Bridges; Brighton; Eastbourne; Barnham.
Southeastern - Victoria; Grove Park; Orpington; Slade Green; Dartford; Charing Cross; Tonbridge; Hastings; Ashford; Faversham; Dover; Ramsgate; Gillingham
c2c - East Ham; Shoeburyness
Greater Anglia - Liverpool Street; Bishops Stortford; Cambridge; Ilford; Southend; Colchester; Ipswich; Norwich
London Overground - Chingford; Willesden Junction; Watford Junction; Euston; New Cross Gate
Crossrail - Ilford; Gidea Park (in the future Plumstead; Old Oak Common & Maidenhead)
Thameslink - Bedford; Blackfriars; Brighton; Three Bridges (?; maybe some more as well)
Great Northern - Kings Cross; Finsbury Park/Hornsey (not sure if it's open yet); Hitchin; Cambridge; Peterborough; Kings Lynn
Chiltern - Marylebone; Aylesbury; Banbury; Birmingham Moor Street; Stourbridge Junction
GWR - Paddington; Reading; Oxford; Westbury; Exeter St Davids; Plymouth; Par; Penzance; Gloucester; Worcester Shrub Hill; Bristol Temple Meads; Fratton; Swansea
ATW - Cardiff Central; Carmarthen; Treherbert; Rhymney; Shrewsbury; Crewe; Chester; Llandudno Junction; Holyhead
London Midland - Bletchley; Northampton; Coventry; New Street; Wolverhampton; Shrewsbury; Crewe; Leamington Spa; Snow Hill; Worcester Shrub Hill (plus pre-Metro ops at Stourbridge Junction)
Cross Country - Bournemouth; Plymouth; Bristol Temple Meads; Birmingham New Street; Leicester; Derby; Cambridge; Manchester Piccadilly; Leeds; Newcastle; Edinburgh
Virgin West Coast - Euston; Wolverhampton; Manchester Piccadilly; Liverpool Lime Street; Preston; Polmadie; Edinburgh
Virgin East Coast - Kings Cross; Doncaster; Leeds; Newcastle; Edinburgh
East Midlands Trains - St Pancras; Derby; Nottingham; Lincoln; Boston; Norwich
Merseyrail - Kirkdale; Birkenhead Central (I think)
TPE - Manchester Piccadilly; Preston (?): York; Scarborough; Newcastle; Lime Street (?); Sheffield; Cleethorpes
Northern - Lime Street; Wigan Wallgate; Preston; Blackpool North; Barrow; Workington; Carlisle; Manchester Piccadilly; Manchester Victoria; Blackburn; Huddersfield; Leeds; Harrogate; Sheffield; Doncaster; York; Hull; Darlington; Newcastle
Scotrail - Oban; Mallaig; Fort William (?); Stranraer; Dumfries; Ayr; Gourock; Glasgow Central; Glasgow Queen Street; Yoker; Helensburgh; Motherwell; Airdrie; Bathgate; Stirling; Edinburgh; Tweedbank; Perth; Dundee; Aberdeen; Inverness; Kyle; Wick
And last but not least
Heathrow Express - can book on at either Paddington/Old Oak/Heathrow but I don't think there's a fixed depot as such
Gatwick Express - Victoria
Eurostar - St Pancras
Eurotunnel - Cheriton
Hull Trains - Hull
Grand Central - Bradford/Sunderland

TPE have depots at Preston and Liverpool Lime Street.

Northern don't have a depot at Preston and I'm sure there isn't one at Huddersfield or Harrogate. They do have one at Skipton though.

I don't think there is a depot at Tweedbank for ScotRail either.

 

[Lrd]

Thank you to godfreycomplex for putting that list together.

Once you lot are happy with it then I'll sticky the thread and if godfreycomplex can update the original post that would be much appreciated.

So feel free to add any more info to this thread relating to drivers roles (not the recruitment stage though please).

 

[godfreycomplex]

TPE have depots at Preston and Liverpool Lime Street.

Northern don't have a depot at Preston and I'm sure there isn't one at Huddersfield or Harrogate. They do have one at Skipton though.

I don't think there is a depot at Tweedbank for ScotRail either.

Will edit momentarily
I had a feeling TPE Preston was guards only but that may have changed since the franchise switched over. Huddersfield and Harrogate do exist; they are however satellite links of Leeds (on seniority).
There is a depot at Tweedbank; a few units berth there every night and they've advertised a few times

 

[godfreycomplex]

Thank you to godfreycomplex for putting that list together.

Once you lot are happy with it then I'll sticky the thread and if godfreycomplex can upgrade the original post that would be much appreciated.

So feel free to add any more info to this thread relating to drivers roles (not the recruitment stage though please).

No worries
Will update and add info for guards as well

 

[PHILIPE]

It wasn't there at the time of my post clever clogs

The OP says had already altered it so matter of timing

 

[306024]

You can add Shenfield to the Crossrail list for drivers. It is already open for business.

 

[tsr]

Given the list covers more than one grade, I may as well add that the Southern OBS depots are currently Peckham Rye (yes, really), East Croydon and Victoria in the Metro area, and the rest are Horsham, Brighton, Barnham and Eastbourne. The latter three on that list are combined OBS/conductor depots. Selhurst is the only depot to have conductors but no OBSs. Gatwick Express has OBSs based at Gatwick Airport and Redhill, possibly with a few still booking on at Three Bridges (unsure!).

 

[TEW]

Guards
South West Trains -
Non-commercial Guards - Waterloo; Wimbledon; Strawberry Hill; Staines; Guildford
Commercial guards - all other depots (except Northam which is drivers only). Also top link Waterloo & Guildford

Woking and Staines are depots with both Commercial and Non-Commercial Guards too.

 

[Cherry_Picker]

I'm 99.9% sure that London Midland have a guards only depot at Stourbridge Junction. It's only small with a dozen or so staff.

 

[driver9000]

Will edit momentarily
I had a feeling TPE Preston was guards only but that may have changed since the franchise switched over. Huddersfield and Harrogate do exist; they are however satellite links of Leeds (on seniority).
There is a depot at Tweedbank; a few units berth there every night and they've advertised a few times

Preston did open as a Guards depot but Drivers followed soon after. It has been both grades since 2013.

Fair enough about the other depots, I wasn't sure.

 

[PHILIPE]

K'm sure that GWR have guards based at Weymouth but not drivers.

 

[godfreycomplex]

Preston did open as a Guards depot but Drivers followed soon after. It has been both grades since 2013.

Fair enough about the other depots, I wasn't sure.

Fair do's, cheers!

 

[godfreycomplex]

K'm sure that GWR have guards based at Weymouth but not drivers.

So they do, forgot that one, cheers
Must be a miserable experience for the Westbury driver taxiing to and fro, unless it's a night turn

 

[godfreycomplex]

I'm 99.9% sure that London Midland have a guards only depot at Stourbridge Junction. It's only small with a dozen or so staff.

I bow to your superior knowledge, it's rare I venture that way these days

 

[tiptoptaff]

So they do, forgot that one, cheers
Must be a miserable experience for the Westbury driver taxiing to and fro, unless it's a night turn

Last one down and first one up is worked by a night driver. Second one is a taxi from Westbury. They all seem to like the Weymouth night job

 

[craigybagel]

Whilst Northern do have a driver's depot at Darlington, the guards are based down the road in Middlesbrough for some reason, unless that has changed.

ATW is technically two depots at Cardiff - Cardiff Mainline and Cardiff Valleys. Based in the same building with shared management but completely different route cards, some minor differences in T&C' and they're treated as two different depots, not just seperate links within one depot.

Otherwise, very well done - that's an exceptionally concise list!

 

[godfreycomplex]

Last one down and first one up is worked by a night driver. Second one is a taxi from Westbury. They all seem to like the Weymouth night job

Oh fair do's, doesn't sound too bad as a night job but if they had to taxi down, prep, shunt and work back it would be awful. Thankfully they don't so it's 2am paddles all round!

 

[craigybagel]

Just looking back on the list again, I think Merseyrail have a depot (presumably for both grades) at Southport as well?