Bombardier Services Site - Crofton is a
traction maintenance depot
The motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is the place where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained when not being used. They were originally known as "running sheds", "engine shed ...
located in
Crofton, West Yorkshire
Crofton is a village in West Yorkshire, England, about south-east of Wakefield, some to the west of the town of Pontefract, and from the town of Featherstone. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,781.
History
Crofton ...
, England. The depot is situated on the
Wakefield Line and
Pontefract Line at the eastern end of ''Crofton Junction'' and is located near the now demolished
Crofton railway station
Crofton Station was the smaller of two stations serving Crofton (with the other being ). It was next to Doncaster Road, on the current Pontefract Line, behind the Crofton Arms Public House.
The station was demolished in the 1960s, yet the r ...
.
History
The depot was opened in 2001 by
Bombardier Transportation. The depot was upgraded in 2006 and has a 2-road shed and various external sidings with carriage washer and fuelling/CET point. It was used for maintaining
Class 170s for
TransPennine Express
TransPennine Express (TPE), legally First TransPennine Express Limited, is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the TransPennine Express franchise. It runs regional and inter-city rail services between the major ci ...
. This has since ceased.
The Depot is also a servicing facility for
CrossCountry Trains Yorkshire operations (Leeds, Sheffield and York terminating trains) and
Grand Central Yorkshire operations (Bradford terminating trains).
Hull Trains
Hull Trains is an open-access railway operator in England owned by the multinational transport company FirstGroup. It operates long-distance passenger services between Hull / Beverley and London King's Cross. It has a track-access agreement u ...
will once again start using the Depot for servicing their Class 180 when maintenance transfers from Old Oak Common Depot.
An additional siding was added to the depot in early/mid 2018 to increase depot stabling capacity resulting from timetable changes.
Allocation
As of 2018, the depot does not have an allocation. However,
Class 220/1 Voyagers and
Class 180 Adelantes visit the depot for servicing.
Northern’s fleet of
Class 170 Turbostars will be allocated here for all maintenance exam work. Currently, they are being overhauled here for Northern.
References
Sources
*{{cite book, title=Railway Depots, year=2010, first1=Paul, last1=Smith, first2=Philip, last2=Stuart, publisher=Ian Allan Ltd., isbn= 9780711034822, oclc=528397749
Railway depots in Yorkshire
Rail transport in West Yorkshire
TMD