Freight depots in Devon?

[RoseW]

Can anyone tell me please which freight operators have depots in Devon/the west country and where?

Thank you.

 

[4-SUB 4732]

DB I don't think have anybody at Plymouth anymore, as it's all done out of Westbury / Bristol / St Blazey.

Freightliner I think are only Taunton, so Somerset.

Don't believe there's any freight driver depots in Devon.

 

[Nic nic]

Unless things have changed the site in Taunton is where the HOBC are parked up and these are serviced by the stoke gifford drivers in Bristol. Westbury and Torr Works I would imagine are the busiest freight areas in the west country. I would say freightliner heavy haul are likely to be the biggest employers in the south west but don't go further west than Bristol, Westbury and Eastleigh I think..... (happy to be corrected)

 

[Chingy]

Unless things have changed the site in Taunton is where the HOBC are parked up and these are serviced by the stoke gifford drivers in Bristol. Westbury and Torr Works I would imagine are the busiest freight areas in the west country. I would say freightliner heavy haul are likely to be the biggest employers in the south west but don't go further west than Bristol, Westbury and Eastleigh I think..... (happy to be corrected)

There is a depot of FHH drivers based at Taunton, primarily for the HOBC work but they do help out other depots jobs too.

There is a regular working from Whatley quarry to Exeter Riverside operated by FHH, so technically Exeter is furthest west Freightliner go (HOBC work aside).

DB have a depot at St Blazey and regularly operate through Devon on jobs to/from there. But yes, in terms of actual depots, there are no freight depots in Devon.

 

[Nic nic]

That is interesting, I live in Taunton and was told years back that it was serviced by Bristol. Will keep an eye out for jobs there however I would expect it to be unlikely as it is so small.

 

[4-SUB 4732]

That is interesting, I live in Taunton and was told years back that it was serviced by Bristol. Will keep an eye out for jobs there however I would expect it to be unlikely as it is so small.

I believe Bristol do work a lot of HOBC purely as they might sign bits Taunton don’t. But yeah, if you look, certain depots (Taunton, Earles used to be) are sub-depots and service explicit flows under the COMAS (Committed Asset) scheme FLHH have.

 

[RoseW]

So hang on, @Chingy are you saying there's a freight train depot in Exeter?

 

[Chingy]

So hang on, @Chingy are you saying there's a freight train depot in Exeter?

No

 

[172345]

Westbury would be your best bet

 

[Tom Quinne]

Tavistock Junc is a colas base for OTMs, sometimes has freight locos there for exams etc but as you know Colas book on from home so not a depot in the true sense of the word.

Taunton FLHH is/was a sub link of Bristol.
DB are at St Blazey they’ll cover any work as far Penzance as required.
Westbury are probably all employed on the Mendip contract I’d assume so I doubt they’d get further than Taunton.

Eastleigh FL is a IM depot mainly deal with intermodal work out of Southampton, DB doing the engineering traffic in the main with GB doing their bit.

 

[Chingy]

Tavistock Junc is a colas base for OTMs, sometimes has freight locos there for exams etc but as you know Colas book on from home so not a depot in the true sense of the word.

Taunton FLHH is/was a sub link of Bristol.
DB are at St Blazey they’ll cover any work as far Penzance as required.
Westbury are probably all employed on the Mendip contract I’d assume so I doubt they’d get further than Taunton.

Eastleigh FL is a IM depot mainly deal with intermodal work out of Southampton, DB doing the engineering traffic in the main with GB doing their bit.

Westbury depot is a DB depot and therefore has nothing to do with the Mendip contract anymore. FLHH drivers are now based at Merehead depot and work the Mendip contract from there, signing as far down as Exeter Riverside.

Eastleigh has both a FL Intermodal depot and a FLHH depot. Seperate depots with seperate work. DB also have a depot at Eastleigh, theirs is in the yard, FL is on the station.

 

[Tom Quinne]

Westbury depot is a DB depot and therefore has nothing to do with the Mendip contract anymore. FLHH drivers are now based at Merehead depot and work the Mendip contract from there, signing as far down as Exeter Riverside.

Eastleigh has both a FL Intermodal depot and a FLHH depot. Seperate depots with seperate work. DB also have a depot at Eastleigh, theirs is in the yard, FL is on the station.

I was partially correct then, I stand corrected regards Westbury and the Mendip work.

 

[cossie4i]

That is interesting, I live in Taunton and was told years back that it was serviced by Bristol. Will keep an eye out for jobs there however I would expect it to be unlikely as it is so small.

Taunton has a establishment of 7 driver’s, currently 2 vacancies.

 

[id799862]

Taunton has a establishment of 7 driver’s, currently 2 vacancies.

Can anyone FLHH please pm me

 

[tiptoptaff]

Taunton has a establishment of 7 driver’s, currently 2 vacancies.

Do they have much work nowadays? Last time I spoke to one of them, he'd spent more time being paid to be a signaller on a heritage line than he'd spent at work! HOBC wasn't there at the time though, twas off in the Midlands somewhere

 

[cossie4i]

Do they have much work nowadays? Last time I spoke to one of them, he'd spent more time being paid to be a signaller on a heritage line than he'd spent at work! HOBC wasn't there at the time though, twas off in the Midlands somewhere

Only 1 job I can see on the roster this week for them.

 

[tiptoptaff]

Only 1 job I can see on the roster this week for them.

Thought that would be the case. Cushty number then. Can't imagine they'll be in a rush to fill those 2 vacancies

 

[Tom Quinne]

One mans cushy number, is the finance directors easy saving....

HOBC is currently engaged on the Vale of Glamorgan route until Xmas.

 

[tiptoptaff]

One mans cushy number, is the finance directors easy saving....

HOBC is currently engaged on the Vale of Glamorgan route until Xmas.

Will go to TAU for unloading and processing, unless they've changed it

 

[Tom Quinne]

Will go to TAU for unloading and processing, unless they've changed it

Im sure it was Taunton, or Westbury - definitely comes from Westbury, so probably goes back there I’d assume.

 

[tiptoptaff]

Im sure it was Taunton, or Westbury - definitely comes from Westbury, so probably goes back there I’d assume.

Used to get emptied at Norton Fitzwarren for all Western Region stuff. Not seen this week's WSR ops notice yet to see if it's booked on this week

 

[221129]

HOBC is running out of Fairwater tomorrow by the looks of it. And last week was run out of Fairwater as well.

 

[Tom Quinne]

HOBC is running out of Fairwater tomorrow by the looks of it. And last week was run out of Fairwater as well.

I don’t take much notice of where it’s come from, only where I have to TPAT it lol

 

[cossie4i]

Thought that would be the case. Cushty number then. Can't imagine they'll be in a rush to fill those 2 vacancies

The driver’s do cover Mendip work as well now when required.
Looking at the roster again, I can only see Taunton work when they are covering a Mendip job.