Howdon_depot
Howdon depot
Tyne and Wear Metro depot
Howdon Depot is a vehicle cleaning, maintenance and stabling facility used by the Tyne and Wear Metro, in Howdon, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England.
Location in Tyne and Wear, England | |
Location | |
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Location | Howdon, North Tyneside England |
Coordinates | 54°59′46″N 1°29′10″W |
OS grid | NZ328669 |
Characteristics | |
Owner | Tyne and Wear PTE |
Operator | Tyne and Wear Metro |
Type | Light rail |
Rolling stock | |
History | |
Opened | October 2020; 3 years ago (2020-10) |
Original | Tyne and Wear Metro |
The depot was constructed on the site of a former landfill, by Buckingham Group Contracting, as a temporary satellite of South Gosforth depot, ahead of refurbishment work commencing.[1] A groundbreaking ceremony took place in June 2019,[2] with the main construction phase commencing in late 2019.[3] Opening was initially expected in July 2020,[4][5][6] but this was delayed, with the depot becoming operational in December 2020,[7][8][9]
The depot has the capacity to house 25% of the current Metrocar fleet, which allowed for a continuing service whilst the main depot at South Gosforth was upgraded. Construction of the new 12-acre (49,000 m2) South Gosforth depot completed in January 2024.[10][11][12] It is equipped with ten storage roads, and is capable of accepting and assembling the new fleet of Class 555 Metro currently being constructed by Stadler.[13][14] It also features a maintenance shed with a single road and a pit underneath, as well as one shunt road.[7]
- Havery, Gavin (1 January 2020). "Work started on temporary Metro depot". Northern Echo. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- "Tyne & Wear Metro's new depot at Howdon almost ready to open". Rail Staff. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- "New Tyne & Wear Metro depot at Howdon". Rail Engineer. No. 185. July 2020.
- "Temporary Metro depot becomes operational in North Tyneside". Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- Button, Jason (24 January 2024). "Metro's new £70 million Gosforth Depot successfully completed to house new trains". Shields Gazette. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- Booth, Janine (25 January 2024). "New Tyne & Wear Metro Gosforth Depot is completed". RailAdvent. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- Pashby, Tom (29 January 2024). "New £70M Tyne and Wear Metro depot completed". New Civil Engineer. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- Media related to Howdon depot at Wikimedia Commons