Westbury DMU Servicing Depot explained

Westbury DMU Servicing Depot
Location:	Westbury, Wiltshire
Coordinates:	51.2639°N -2.2014°W
Grid Ref Uk:	ST859517
Owner:	Great Western Railway
Depotcode:	WY (1973 -)^[1]
Type:	DMU

Westbury DMU Servicing Depot is a traction maintenance depot located in Westbury, Wiltshire, England. The depot is situated on the Reading to Taunton line and is near Westbury station.

The depot code is WY.

History

Class 08 shunters were allocated to the depot between 1961 and 1968.^[2]

Present

As of 2016, the depot has no allocation. It is, instead, a stabling point for Great Western Railway Class 150 Sprinters.

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. Web site: Locomotive Depots: Westbury (Allocation) . BRDatabase. 31 December 2016.