Neville Hill TMD

Neville Hill is a railway train maintenance depot in Osmondthorpe, Leeds, England on the Leeds to Selby Line. The depot is situated 2 miles 14 chains (3.5 km) to the east of Leeds railway station on the north side of the line.[2][3][4][5]

Neville Hill TMD
Location
LocationLeeds, England
Coordinates53.7923°N 1.5051°W / 53.7923; -1.5051
OS gridSE325330
Characteristics
OwnerNetwork Rail
OperatorNorthern Trains
Depot code50B (1948–1960)[1]
55H (1960–1973)[1]
NL (1973–present)[1]
TypeDiesel, HST, DMU, EMU
History
Opened1904
OriginalNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLNER

The TOPS depot code is NL.

History
48343 Neville Hill 22 June 1968

In 1899 the locomotive shed at Holbeck was found not to have sufficient capacity for the number of locomotives using it, so an additional depot was constructed at Neville Hill[6] by the North Eastern Railway at a cost of £132,971, with the facility being extended in 1904.[6]

Sometime during the 1950s the four-roundhouse shed was reduced by half and given a new frontage.[7]

A DMU shed is believed to have been added in 1958 along with servicing facilities for diesels although main line locomotives such as Class 45s were still being stabled outside the old brick-built steam shed in 1961.[8] D2000 series 0-6-0 diesel shunters were the first diesel locos allocated to Neville Hill, probably about that time; the quartet in 1961 comprised D2242-4/6.

At the formation of British Railways in 1948 the depot code was 50B, under York (50A). In 1959 it was transferred to the Leeds District under Holbeck (55A) and re-coded 55H. After 1973 the depot code became NL.[1]

A completely new set of buildings were opened in 1969 to cater for diesel locomotives, DMUs, and coaching stock. This included a new carriage cleaning plant, an 800 foot (244 m) inspection pit and a repair shed.[6] At this time the main use of the depot was for DMUs and carriages, but by 1980 Neville Hill was maintaining HSTs and Class 08 shunters.[5] The allocation at this time reflected the changes going on in British Rail with a move from loco-hauled coaching stock to fixed formation HSTs, so that the allocation of locomotives in 1977 was just 4 Class 08 shunters[9] while the larger locomotives were located on the south side of Leeds at Holbeck shed, but by 1985 all nine of the shunters for the Leeds area were allocated to Neville Hill along with 55 HST power cars.[10]

In 1987, the depot had an allocation of Class 08 shunters. Classes 101, 108, 110, 111, 141, 142, 144 and 150 DMUs and High Speed Trains were also allocated.[11]

The line from Leeds City station to Neville Hill depot was electrified in the early 1990s as a corollary to the East Coast Main Line electrification project.[12] The electrification was energised in March 1993.[13]

On the evening of the 13th November 2019, an empty LNER Class 800 collided with the rear of an empty LNER InterCity 125 set. No one was injured but significant damage was done to the 800 and the rear Class 43 power car.[14]

Current

The depot is owned by Network Rail but operated by Northern Trains for light and heavy maintenance, and train storage.[15] CrossCountry and London North Eastern Railway also use the site for train storage.[16] The site employs over 400 people (2009).[17]

Rolling stock in the modern era

Northern Trains have Class 150, Class 155, Class 158, Class 170, Class 331 and Class 333s allocated to Neville Hill.

In 2012 East Midlands Trains' facility at Neville Hill was used for the Project Miller restoration of a prototype Class 41) number 41001 to working condition.[18][19] East Midlands Railway and its predecessors maintained High Speed Trains at the depot until they were withdrawn in May 2021.[20]

In December 2020, LNER transferred its remaining InterCity 225 sets from Bounds Green TMD.[21]

References
  1. "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). Therailwaycentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Webster, Greengrass & Greaves 1987, p. 56
  3. Oakley, Michael. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Diesel Enthusiast's Pocket Guide. Vol. 2. Truro: D Bradford Barton. Table 31. ISBN 0 85153 403 1.
  4. Kilpatrick, R (1978). British Rail locoshed directory. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 28. ISBN 0 7110 0871 X.
  5. British Rail traction depot directory. The Railway Enthusiasts Society Limited. 1980. p. 46. ISBN 0 907183 02 6.
  6. "Neville Hill servicing depot opened". Railway World. Vol. 30, no. 351. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. August 1969. p. 365.
  7. Richardson, Dave (September 2017). "On Shed". Rail Express. No. 256. Horncastle: Mortons Media. p. 20. ISSN 1362-234X.
  8. Kennedy, Rex (1980). Eastern Region. Diesels and electrics on shed. Vol. 2. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. Plate 125. ISBN 0 86093 036 X.
  9. British Railways locoshed book. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. 1977. ISBN 0 7110 0752 7.
  10. Wood, Roger, ed. (1985). British Rail locoshed book. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0 7110 1542 2.
  11. Marsden 1987, p. 86
  12. Electrification of the East Coast Main Line: Project Completion Certificate, British Rail, 1 March 1992, section 1.b.ii, p.3; Appendix A, sheet 3, A.2.1.vi
  13. Electric Railway Society Journal, vol. 38–39, p. 97
  14. "Report 13/2020: Collision and derailment at Neville Hill". GOV.UK. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  15. Card-Jones, Heather (20 October 2021). "Northern now in full control of Leeds' Neville Hill depot". RailAdvent. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  16. Network Rail Route Specifications 2011 – London North Eastern (PDF), Network Rail, SRS H.06 Leeds-Colton Junction, p.165, archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013, retrieved 18 January 2013
  17. "NEVILLE HILL TRAIN DEPOT OPENS ITS DOORS". Northern Rail. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  18. Project Miller website blog, retrieved 18 January 2013
  19. Gwynne, Bob (17 July 2012), "The HST prototype project: strides forward", National Railway Museum blog, retrieved 18 January 2013
  20. Intercity 125: Workers say farewell to British Rail icon BBC News 17 May 2021
  21. "91s maintenance at Neville Hill". Rail Magazine. No. 920. 16 December 2020. p. 27.

Sources
  • Marsden, Colin J. (1987). BR Depots. Motive power recognition. Vol. 6. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 9780711017191. OCLC 18685680.
  • Webster, Neil; Greengrass, Robert; Greaves, Simon (1987). British Rail Depot Directory. Metro Enterprises Ltd. ISBN 9780947773076. OCLC 20420397.

Further reading
  • Dunn, Pip (5–18 November 1997). "Neville Hill in the lead!". Rail. No. 317. EMAP Apex Publications. pp. 20–24. ISSN 0953-4563. OCLC 49953699.

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