Neville Hill TMD
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Neville Hill is a railway
The TOPS depot code is NL.
History
In 1899 the locomotive shed at Holbeck was found not to have sufficient capacity for the number of locomotives using it, so an additional depot was constructed at Neville Hill[6] by the North Eastern Railway at a cost of £132,971, with the facility being extended in 1904.[6]
Sometime during the 1950s the four-roundhouse shed was reduced by half and given a new frontage.[7]
A DMU shed is believed to have been added in 1958 along with servicing facilities for diesels although main line locomotives such as Class 45s were still being stabled outside the old brick-built steam shed in 1961.[8] D2000 series 0-6-0 diesel shunters were the first diesel locos allocated to Neville Hill, probably about that time; the quartet in 1961 comprised D2242-4/6.
At the formation of British Railways in 1948 the depot code was 50B, under York (50A). In 1959 it was transferred to the Leeds District under Holbeck (55A) and re-coded 55H. After 1973 the depot code became NL.[1]
A completely new set of buildings were opened in 1969 to cater for diesel locomotives, DMUs, and coaching stock. This included a new carriage cleaning plant, an 800 foot (244 m) inspection pit and a repair shed.
In 1987, the depot had an allocation of
The line from Leeds City station to Neville Hill depot was electrified in the early 1990s as a corollary to the East Coast Main Line electrification project.[12] The electrification was energised in March 1993.[13]
On the evening of the 13th November 2019, an empty LNER Class 800 collided with the rear of an empty LNER InterCity 125 set. No one was injured but significant damage was done to the 800 and the rear Class 43 power car.[14]
Current
The depot is owned by Network Rail but operated by Northern Trains for light and heavy maintenance, and train storage.[15] CrossCountry and London North Eastern Railway also use the site for train storage.[16] The site employs over 400 people (2009).[17]
Rolling stock in the modern era
Northern Trains have Class 150, Class 155, Class 158, Class 170, Class 331 and Class 333s allocated to Neville Hill. Due to the forthcoming Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), access will been limited to the depot from Leeds railway station during the late 2020s. During this time, the EMU fleet will be transferred to the new depot at Shipley.[18]
In 2012
In December 2020, LNER transferred its remaining
References
- ^ a b c d "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 July 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Webster, Greengrass & Greaves 1987, p. 56
- ISBN 0 85153 403 1.
- ISBN 0 7110 0871 X.
- ^ ISBN 0 907183 02 6.
- ^ a b c "Neville Hill servicing depot opened". Railway World. Vol. 30, no. 351. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. August 1969. p. 365.
- ISSN 1362-234X.
- ISBN 0 86093 036 X.
- ISBN 0 7110 0752 7.
- ISBN 0 7110 1542 2.
- ^ Marsden 1987, p. 86
- ^ Electrification of the East Coast Main Line: Project Completion Certificate, British Rail, 1 March 1992, section 1.b.ii, p.3; Appendix A, sheet 3, A.2.1.vi
- ^ Electric Railway Society Journal, vol. 38–39, p. 97
- ^ "Report 13/2020: Collision and derailment at Neville Hill". GOV.UK. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ Card-Jones, Heather (20 October 2021). "Northern now in full control of Leeds' Neville Hill depot". RailAdvent. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ Network Rail Route Specifications 2011 – London North Eastern (PDF), Network Rail, SRS H.06 Leeds-Colton Junction, p.165, archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013, retrieved 18 January 2013
- ^ "NEVILLE HILL TRAIN DEPOT OPENS ITS DOORS". Northern Rail. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ISSN 0026-8356.
- ^ Project Miller website blog, retrieved 18 January 2013
- ^ Gwynne, Bob (17 July 2012), "The HST prototype project: strides forward", National Railway Museum blog, retrieved 18 January 2013
- ^ Intercity 125: Workers say farewell to British Rail icon BBC News 17 May 2021
- Rail Magazine. No. 920. 16 December 2020. p. 27.
Sources
- Marsden, Colin J. (1987). BR Depots. Motive power recognition. Vol. 6. OCLC 18685680.
- Webster, Neil; Greengrass, Robert; Greaves, Simon (1987). British Rail Depot Directory. Metro Enterprises Ltd. OCLC 20420397.
Further reading
- Dunn, Pip (5–18 November 1997). "Neville Hill in the lead!". OCLC 49953699.
External links
Media related to Neville Hill depot at Wikimedia Commons