coppercapped
Established Member
A question from a long way away! Are the power cars and the trailers maintained at the same sites as was the case on the Western? Or are the coaches maintained at one depot and the power cars somewhere else?Correct me if I am wrong but was the original plan for maintenance of the HSTs not to have Craigentinny do all the work but with Hitachi taking over the depot, they weren't interested in extra work.
Haymarket is not fit for HST operations, not enough space.
On the Western the HSTs ran complete to the depots such as Old Oak Common in London or Laira in Plymouth; for day to day maintenance (replacing brake pads, cleaning, etc.) the set was maintained as a complete rake without splitting the train. Obviously the power cars and the coaching stock were on different maintenance cycles so the power cars were changed from time to time as were individual coaches if the need arose. One of the few times the coaches were split on depot was for scheduled examinations of the buckeye couplers but they were then re-coupled.