Ardwick Train Depot

The Ardwick train depot, is a passenger multiple unit maintenance depot in Ardwick, Greater Manchester. The depot was opened in 2006 for the servicing of Siemens-built Class 185 DMUs, which are used on the TransPennine Express franchise. It was electrified in 2012-13 to allow the servicing of Siemens Class 350 /4 EMUs. LocationArdwick depot is located approximately 500m east of Ardwick railway station, north of the Manchester-Glossop Line and south of the A635 road. The depot code is AK. HistoryIn the 1840s, the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was constructed between Manchester Store Street station (Manchester Piccadilly) and Sheffield Victoria railway station; Initially the site of the depot was just outside the urban spread of Manchester - the area being used for brick manufacture. Subsequently the area east of Ardwick station and north of the line was used for railway sidings, including goods sheds, the wider area becoming known as 'Ardwick West Goods depot and mineral yard', later 'Ardwick West freight terminal'. The site remained in railway use through most the 20th century, becoming disused by 1990.

The Ardwick train depot, is a passenger multiple unit maintenance depot in Ardwick, Greater Manchester. The depot was opened in 2006 for the servicing of Siemens-built Class 185 DMUs, which are used on the TransPennine Express franchise. It was electrified in 2012-13 to allow the servicing of Siemens Class 350 /4 EMUs. LocationArdwick depot is located approximately 500m east of Ardwick railway station, north of the Manchester-Glossop Line and south of the A635 road. The depot code is AK. HistoryIn the 1840s, the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was constructed between Manchester Store Street station (Manchester Piccadilly) and Sheffield Victoria railway station; Initially the site of the depot was just outside the urban spread of Manchester - the area being used for brick manufacture. Subsequently the area east of Ardwick station and north of the line was used for railway sidings, including goods sheds, the wider area becoming known as 'Ardwick West Goods depot and mineral yard', later 'Ardwick West freight terminal'. The site remained in railway use through most the 20th century, becoming disused by 1990.