The Singlewell Infrastructure Maintenance Depot is a railway maintenance depot located near the
Gravesend
Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the Bank (geography), south bank of the River Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. Located in the diocese of Roche ...
ward of
Singlewell
Singlewell or Ifield is an area south of Gravesend, in the Gravesham district, in the county of Kent, England.
Originally two separate settlements on either side of Watling Street, it is now separated by the A2 road and the Channel Tunnel Rail ...
, Kent, in the United Kingdom. The depot is located between the
A2 road and
High Speed 1
High Speed 1 (HS1), officially the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), is a high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel.
It is part of the line carrying international passenger traffic between the United Kingdom and mainland Euro ...
(Channel Tunnel Rail Link). It lies halfway between
Ebbsfleet International railway station
Ebbsfleet International railway station is in Ebbsfleet Valley, Kent, east of London, England, near Dartford and the Bluewater Shopping Centre to the west and Gravesend to the east. The station, part of the Thames Gateway urban regeneration p ...
and the
Medway Viaducts
The Medway Viaducts are three bridges or viaducts that cross the River Medway between Cuxton and Borstal in north Kent, England. The two road bridges carry the M2 motorway carriageways. The other viaduct carries the High Speed 1 railway line ...
, and is connected via a spur at the Singlewell freight loops.
When originally constructed in 2007, the area between the A2 and the depot formed a field, but the subsequent long-planned realignment of the A2 meant that the road now runs closer to the depot. The depot has fuelling facilities, workshops, plant storage and offices.
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Railway depots in England
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