Ramsgate Maintenance Depot Explained

Ramsgate Maintenance Depot
Location:Ramsgate, Kent, England
Coordinates:51.3423°N 1.404°W
Grid Ref Uk:TR371658
Owner:Network Rail
Operator:Southeastern
Depotcode:RE (1973 -)[1]
Type:EMU
Opened:1930
Former Depot Codes:74B (1948 - October 1958)73G (October 1958 - May 1973)

Ramsgate Maintenance Depot is a traction maintenance depot located in Ramsgate, Kent, England. The depot is situated on the Chatham Main Line and is immediately northwest of Ramsgate station, with access to the maintenance facilities and stabling sidings almost exclusively accessible from the Margate direction. Trains coming from Minster junction can only access the depot reception roads, the carriage cleaning shed (roads 1-4) and stabling roads 5-6 without reversing.[2]

The depot code is RE.

Accidents and incidents

Allocation

The depot is operated by Southeastern and maintains Class 375, 377, 395, 465 and 466s.

The depot is the home depot for the Class 375 and 377/5 units, although these are also maintained at Gillingham and Slade Green depots.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes. 5 May 2006. TheRailwayCentre.com. 19 August 2016. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221651/http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Resource_data/AllTimeShedCodes.pdf. 17 December 2013.
  2. Book: Munsey, Myles. Railway Track Diagrams, Book 5 – Southern & TfL. Trackmaps. 2019. 978-1-9996271-2-6. 7.
  3. Book: Vic . Mitchell . Keith . Smith . Branch Lines Around Canterbury . Middleton Press . Midhurst . 1-873793-58-8 . Illustration 86 . 1995.