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Recent Railway Depot Openings

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Can I tap into the collective knowledge of the forum by asking if you know of examples of railway depots opening or being refurbished in (approximately) the last 10 years?

I can think of a few but they tend to be quite focused on the geographical areas I know best!
 
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Max said:
Can I tap into the collective knowledge of the forum by asking if you know of examples of railway depots opening or being refurbished in (approximately) the last 10 years?

I can think of a few but they tend to be quite focused on the geographical areas I know best!
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Eastfield, Glasgow.
 
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Re=opening of Allerton, Liverpool. Maintain Northern (SOUTH) 156 Fleet to take pressure off Newton Heath. I say South because Northern have another fleet of 156s based at Heaton.
 
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Soon to include Long Rock - Refurbishment on the way, Exeter Depot - Has been refurbished and expanded a little, Bristol St Phillips Marsh - Has been expanded to include the West Fleet (included the taking over of the former Fastline facility).

New ones under construction at the moment that I can think of are:
Stoke Gifford - IEP Depot under construction as will a new Depot be in Swansea.
Millerhill - Edinburgh - New depot under construction for the Edinburgh - Glasgow Electric Fleet.
 
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Stourbridge Junction & Banbury are both about ten years old. There is probably going to be a shed at Banbury before much longer too. Birmingham Moor Street has only existed since late 2010, but really it was just a relocation of Chiltern's Tyseley depot which opened in 97.

Coventry isn't much more than ten years old either.
 
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How about North Pole with the work currently being carried out for Hitachi?
 
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Shields Road Depot in Glasgow was expanded in 2010 for the then new 380s, with a new shed being specifically built for the units.
 
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civ-eng-jim said:
Ashford refurbishment for Hitachi trains
Etches Park, Derby
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Etches Park???? The depot has been there since the 1960's! The maintenance facility has been extended in the last ten years but it certainly isn't a new depot!
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Etches Park???? The depot has been there since the 1960's! The maintenance facility has been extended in the last ten years but it certainly isn't a new depot!
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Oops sorry :oops: Just realised that the original post also asked for refurbished depots!
 
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Am I right in thinking Strawberry Hill and Farnham Depots both received an upgrade / refurbishment not that long ago as well? With Strawberry Hill doing some of the work on the Desiros.
 
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RichmondCommu said:
Etches Park???? The depot has been there since the 1960's! The maintenance facility has been extended in the last ten years but it certainly isn't a new depot!
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Oops sorry :oops: Just realised that the original post also asked for refurbished depots!
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Apology accepted.

Have any of the depots listed above been built on virgin non-railway land? Or are they generally refurbs and extensions to accommodate newer rolling stock on existing railway land?
 
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These 2 are on railway land.

Northam used to be sidings and a cement terminal IIRC.
Filton IEP depot used to be a ballast tip with ballast cleaning and recycling.
 
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