Bletchley TMD is a railway traction maintenance depot situated in Bletchley to the north of Bletchley Station on the West Coast Main Line (and the Marston Vale Line). In the United Kingdom, a traction maintenance depot, or TMD, is a railway depot where Locomotives are serviced and maintained Bletchley is a Railway station that serves Bletchley Milton Keynes ( ceremonial Buckinghamshire) southern districts of Milton Keynes generally The West Coast Main Line (WCML is a busy mixed-traffic railway route in the United Kingdom. The Marston Vale Line (Network Rail route MD 140 is the railway line from Bletchley to Bedford in England. The depot is operated by Silverlink. Silverlink Train Services Ltd was a Train operating company in the United Kingdom. The depot code is now BY but, in steam days, the shed code was 1E. All British Railways Steam locomotives were allocated to a particular Motive power depot, usually known as a "shed"
Bletchley TMD is scheduled for closure during 2008. Bletchley has won awards for the reliability of its trains for the last two years and continues to have the most reliable fleet in the UK. Age may be the reason for its closure as the train units it maintains are nearing 20 years of hardened service and sourcing spares is rumoured to be a problem. Furthermore it no longer maintains the 313 fleet for Silverlink Metro on site and financial viability may also be an issue, as many new manufacturers push for 'build and maintain' contracts.
However, with the announcement of the London Midland franchise the 321 fleet is scheduled for replacement and this would appear to rule out any possibility of saving Bletchley TMD. London Midland is a Train operating company in the United Kingdom.
Allocation
External links
- An overhead view of the depot. The British Rail Class 08 is a class of Diesel locomotive designed for shunting The British Rail Class 150 "Sprinter" Diesel multiple units (DMUs were built by BREL from 1984 - 87. The British Rail Class 321 Alternating current (AC Electric multiple units (EMU were built by BREL York in three batches from
- An article concerning the closure of Bletchley TMD.
References
- S. K. Baker. Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland. ISBN 0-86093-553-1.
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic