UK: Northern has taken over full control of the Neville Hill depot in Leeds, which it previously managed jointly with East Midlands Railway.
Around 550 engineers, technicians and train presentation staff are employed at the site.
‘We are delighted to welcome our former East Midlands colleagues into the Northern fold and we will continue to provide maintenance support for Northern, LNER and CrossCountry trains’, said Northern’s Engineering Director Jack Commandeur on October 17.
‘This is a positive step for rail in the north [of England] that will help to deliver more consistent and reliable services for customers, strengthen critical engineering processes and open up future opportunities to develop the depot into a state-of-the-art facility.
‘We have ambitious plans for the site and are exploring long term opportunities that we hope will, in time, see the depot transform into an engineering centre of excellence with educational partnerships and development programmes.’
