Bristol Barton Hill TMD
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| Location | |
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| Location | Barton Hill, Bristol |
| Coordinates | 51°27′12″N 2°34′13″W / 51.4533°N 2.5702°W |
| OS grid | ST604728 |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Operator | Arriva TrainCare |
| Depot code | BK |
| Type | DMU, Diesel |
| History | |
| Opened | 1840 |
Bristol Barton Hill TMD is a traction maintenance depot located in Barton Hill, Bristol, England. The depot is located on the Great Western Main Line to the north-east of Bristol Temple Meads station.
History[edit]
Bristol Barton Hill TMD opened 1840 as locomotive depot. From 1870 it was used as a carriage and wagon depot. In 1960, a new shed was built to service the Blue Pullman.[1]
Locomotives returned in July 1995 when the depot was taken over by Rail Express Systems (RES) after Bristol Bath Road TMD closed.[2] In 1996 it was included in the sale of RES to EWS.[3][4][5]
In 2001 it resumed servicing passenger stock with Virgin CrossCountry Class 220 and Class 221s being serviced overnight.[6] In 2004, stored Class 56 locomotives were reactivated at Barton Hill before being exported to France.[7]
In 2011 Barton Hill was transferred within the Arriva UK Trains group from Axiom to Arriva TrainCare.[8][9] As such it has also performed overhaul work on trains for Arriva Rail North, Arriva Trains Wales and First Great Western (Class 158s), Chiltern Railways (Mark 3s) and Tyne & Wear Metrocars.[10][11][12][13]
As at September 2022, five CrossCountry sets were serviced at Barton Hill each night; four Class 220/221s and one Class 170.[14] It also serviced steam locomotives in between duties on the Torbay Express.[citation needed]
Incidents[edit]
CrossCountry 221129 derailed on 24 March 2014 just outside of the depot. The train suffered minor damage and nobody was injured, but the track was heavily damaged, being pulled 6 inches sideways and sleeves being destroyed along with cables and the track needed grinding down.[15]
References[edit]
- ^ On shed Rail Express issue 259 December 2017 page 22
- ^ Barton Hill opens as a loco depot The Railway Magazine issue 1134 October 1995 page 53
- ^ Wisconsin Central invades Great Britain, buys mail-train network Trains March 1996 page 16
- ^ Triple naming ceremony at Barton Hill staff open day Rail issue 414 25 July 2001 page 54
- ^ Railway Fascination - Bristol Fashion Rail issue 440 24 July 2002 page 53
- ^ Depots unveiled for Virgin's Voyager CrossCountry fleet Rail issue 413 11 July 2001 page 13
- ^ Fertis 56 unveiled The Railway Magazine issue 1241 September 2004 page 59
- ^ Arriva takes on Axion depots Rail issue 670 18 May 2011 page 19
- ^ Four more depots for LNWR Today's Railways UK issue 115 July 2011 page 16
- ^ Northern Trains DMU Fleet Refurbishment Programme Arriva TrainCare
- ^ Class 158 refurbishment Arriva TrainCare
- ^ Rhymney and WAG coaches stored Rail Express issue 290 July 2020 page 28
- ^ Bristol Barton Hill Arriva TrainCare
- ^ Services calling at Bristol Barton Hill TMD on 1 September 2022 Realtime Trains
- ^ "Derailed Voyager 221129 at Bristol Barton Hill Depot 24th March 2014". British Railways TV. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
External links[edit]
Media related to Bristol Barton Hill TMD at Wikimedia Commons
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