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Bristol Barton Hill TMD

Coordinates:51°27′12″N2°34′13″W / 51.4533°N 2.5702°W /51.4533; -2.5702
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Railway maintenance depot in Barton Hill, Bristol

Bristol Barton Hill TMD
Map
Interactive map of Bristol Barton Hill TMD
Location
LocationBarton Hill, Bristol
Coordinates51°27′12″N2°34′13″W / 51.4533°N 2.5702°W /51.4533; -2.5702
OS gridST604728
Characteristics
OwnerNetwork Rail
OperatorArriva TrainCare
Depot codeBK
TypeDMU,Diesel
History
Opened1840

Bristol Barton Hill TMD is atraction maintenance depot located inBarton Hill, Bristol, England. The depot is located on theGreat Western Main Line to the north-east ofBristol Temple Meads station.

History

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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 theBlue Pullman.[1]

Locomotives returned in July 1995 when the depot was taken over byRail Express Systems (RES) afterBristol Bath Road TMD closed.[2] In 1996 it was included in the sale of RES toEWS.[3][4][5]

In 2001 it resumed servicing passenger stock withVirgin CrossCountryClass 220 andClass 221s being serviced overnight.[6] In 2004, storedClass 56 locomotives were reactivated at Barton Hill before being exported to France.[7]

In 2011 Barton Hill was transferred within theArriva UK Trains group from Axiom toArriva TrainCare.[8][9] As such it has also performed overhaul work on trains forArriva Rail North,Arriva Trains Wales andFirst Great Western (Class 158s),Chiltern Railways (Mark 3s) andTyne & Wear Metrocars.[10][11][12][13]

As at September 2022, fiveCrossCountry sets were serviced at Barton Hill each night; four Class 220/221s and oneClass 170.[14]

Incidents

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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

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  1. ^"On shed".Rail Express. No. 259. December 2017. p. 22.
  2. ^"Barton Hill opens as a loco depot".The Railway Magazine. No. 1134. October 1995. p. 53.
  3. ^"Wisconsin Central invades Great Britain, buys mail-train network".Trains Magazine. No. March 1996. p. 16.
  4. ^"Triple naming ceremony at Barton Hill staff open day".Rail Magazine. No. 414. 25 July 2001. p. 54.
  5. ^"Railway Fascination - Bristol Fashion".Rail Magazine. No. 440. 24 July 2002. p. 53.
  6. ^"Depots unveiled for Virgin's Voyager CrossCountry fleet".Rail Magazine. No. 413. 11 July 2001. p. 13.
  7. ^"Fertis 56 unveiled".The Railway Magazine. No. 1241. September 2004. p. 59.
  8. ^"Arriva takes on Axion depots".Rail Magazine. No. 670. 18 May 2011. p. 19.
  9. ^"Four more depots for LNWR".Today's Railways UK. No. 115. July 2011. p. 16.
  10. ^Northern Trains DMU Fleet Refurbishment ProgrammeArriva TrainCare
  11. ^Class 158 refurbishment Arriva TrainCare
  12. ^"Rhymney and WAG coaches stored".Rail Express. No. 290. July 2020. p. 28.
  13. ^Bristol Barton Hill Arriva TrainCare
  14. ^Services calling at Bristol Barton Hill TMD on 1 September 2022Realtime Trains
  15. ^"Derailed Voyager 221129 at Bristol Barton Hill Depot 24th March 2014".British Railways TV. Archived fromthe original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved30 March 2017.

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