Millerhill Marshalling Yard 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 Millerhill, Scotland. The depot is situated on the
Edinburgh and Hawick Railway
The Waverley Route was a railway line that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle. The line was built by the North British Railway; the stretch from Edinburgh to Hawick opened in 1849 and the remaind ...
and was near
Millerhill station until it closed.
The depot code is MH.
History
The depot used to have an allocation of First ScotRail
Class 150 Sprinters until they were leased to other companies.
Present
As of 2016, the depot's allocation consists of
Class 37 and
Class 66 locomotives and ScotRail
Class 156 Sprinters and
Class 158 Express Sprinters.
A £30 million stabling facility for
Class 385
The British Rail Class 385 ''AT200'' is a type of electric multiple unit built by Hitachi Rail for Abellio ScotRail. A total of 70 units have been built, divided into 46 three-car and 24 four-car sets. Based on the design of the Hitachi A-train, ...
opened in 2018.
In 2019 the
Millerhill Recycling and Energy Recovery Centre opened on the former down yard.
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Railway depots in Scotland