.jpg) An overall view of Kirkdale depot. | |
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kirkdale, Liverpool |
| Coordinates | 53°26′16″N 2°59′07″W / 53.4378°N 2.9852°W |
| OS grid | SJ345939 |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Operator | Merseyrail (1976–2017) Stadler Rail (2017–pres) |
| Depot code | KK (1976–pres)[1] |
| Type | EMU |
| Rolling stock | Current: Class 507 Class 777 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1976[2] |
| Original | British Rail |
| Former rolling stock | Class 502 (1976–80) |
Kirkdale TMD is a traction maintenance depot located beside Kirkdale railway station in north Liverpool, England. The depot is the largest on the Merseyrail network; it is located on the Northern Line and is used primarily for stabling units, heavy maintenance and cleaning units both internally and externally.[3][4] It is owned by Network Rail and operated by Stadler.
Operation of Kirkdale depot was transferred from Merseyrail to Stadler Rail Service UK in October 2017. The depot is Stadler Rail's United Kingdom headquarters and the majority of the company's UK workforce will be based at this site.[5] At Kirkdale, Stadler Rail is responsible for their maintenance setup and staff at the Norwich Crown Point maintenance depot, Glasgow Subway and the future Tyne and Wear Metro maintenance and staff.[6][7][8] The site was extended and uprated.[9] Work finished on an extensive re-build in November 2019, allowing the depot to become the main maintenance hub for the new Class 777 fleet.[3]
Although Kirkdale is the largest Merseyrail depot, most heavy maintenance is currently carried out at Birkenhead North TMD. This will be reversed once the new Class 777 fleet is fully introduced.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Cadwallader & Jenkins 2010, p. 45
- ^ a b McDonough, Tony (15 November 2019). "Depot undergoes £21m rebuild ahead of arrival of new Merseyrail trains". Liverpool Business News. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ Vaughan, Chloé (18 November 2019). "Stadler Rail's £21m depot completes in Kirkdale". Place North West. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Ord, Matthew (18 November 2019). "Work completes on £21m Stadler Rail rebuild". Insider Media. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Greater Anglia's £40m refurb of Crown Point Depot begins". Rail Technology. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Stadler and Nexus sign contract for delivery and maintenance of 42 METRO trains in Newcastle upon Tyne". Stadler. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Stadler supplies automated train for Glasgow Subway". Railtech.com. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Key Milestone in the New Trains Project as Engineering Staff Transfer to Stadler from Merseyrail" (PDF). Stadler Rail. Stadler Rail. Retrieved 24 December 2017.