Polmadie TRSMD

Polmadie Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot (T&RSMD), also known as Polmadie Depot, Polmadie Traction Depot^[2] and Polmadie Carriage Maintenance Depot (Glasgow) is a railway maintenance depot on the West Coast Main Line in the Polmadie district of Glasgow, Scotland. The depot is run by Alstom, who maintain Avanti West Coast's fleet of Class 390 Pendolinos built by Alstom, and Class 221 Super Voyagers, originally built by Bombardier^[3]

Polmadie T&RSMD

Caledonian Sleeper at Polmadie depot in 2019
Location
Location	Glasgow, United Kingdom
Coordinates	55°50′7″N 4°14′13″W
Characteristics
Owner	Alstom
Depot code	PC (Carriage) PO (1973-present) PP (Eurostar)[1]
Type	DMU, EMU
Rolling stock	Class 390 Pendolino Class 221 Voyager InterCity 225 Caledonian Sleeper
Routes served	West Coast Main Line East Coast Main Line Caledonian Sleeper
History
Opened	1879 (1879)
Original	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Former depot code	66A (1948-1972)[1]

Depot entrance from West Coast Main Line

Locomotives at Polmadie depot in 1968

The depot is also used for daytime storage, maintenance and cleaning of Caledonian Sleeper stock.

The depot was originally built in 1879 by the Caledonian Railway.^[2]

References

1. "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. "Site record for Glasgow, 103 Polmadie Road, Polmadie Motive Power Depot". Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments in Scotland. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
3. "Driver marks Virgin Train's £2 million investment at Polmadie". European Railway Review. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.