On 26/01/2011 11:14, Paul Scott wrote:



I suppose it is important to realise that there is a difference between
the facilities required for overnight maintenance and stabling and the
actual depot that does the really detailed exam stuff and repairs - this
is exactly how Siemens maintain the SWT Desiro fleet - every unit is
allocated to Northam (Southampton) and visits there on rotation but
there are a significant number of other locations for overnight
stabling, tanking, toilets etc.


The impressive thing about Northam is that it caters for a large fleet
of trains on a very compact site. They are fortunate in having the old
docks branch lines as a capacious head shunt. Must admit I was
surprised that they didn't opt for a part of Eastleigh works though.


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