Craigentinny Train Maintenance Centre is a railway depot in the Craigentinny area of

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, Scotland. The depot is operated by

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with a depot code of EC.

History

The depot opened in 1904, as a carriage sidings and was home to

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HSTs operated by

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until 31 December 2019, and

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InterCity 125 HSTs until September 2023. It currently services Class 220/

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Voyagers for CrossCountry and Class 397s for

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. Hitachi Rail now undertakes maintenance on London North Eastern Railway Class 800s and 801s,

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Class 385s, TransPennine Express Class 802s and

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Class 803s. It also maintains Class 73s for the ''

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''. On 11 November 2018,

took over the operation of Craigentinny Depot from London North Eastern Railway.

Facilities

The site comprises three maintenance sheds, two of which are supplied with 25,000 volt overhead wires, and a smaller repair shed for shorter trains and locomotives. There are a number of storage and stabling sidings which are not covered. Craigentinny also operates a wheel lathe at its Portobello Edinburgh site which turns out tyre damage on rail vehicle wheels for many rail operators.

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{{Railway depots in Scotland Railway depots in Scotland Transport infrastructure completed in 1904 1904 establishments in Scotland