Ramsgate Maintenance Depot
Appearance
Location | |
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Location | Ramsgate, Kent |
Coordinates | 51°20′32″N 1°24′14″E / 51.3423°N 1.404°E |
OS grid | TR371658 |
Characteristics | |
Owner | Southeastern |
Depot code | RE (1973 -)[1] |
Type | EMU |
History | |
Opened | 1930 |
Former depot code | 74B (1948 - October 1958) 73G (October 1958 - May 1973) |
Ramsgate EMU depot is a Traction Maintenance Depot located in Ramsgate, Kent, England. The depot is situated on the Chatham Main Line and is near Ramsgate station.
The depot code is RE.
Accidents and incidents
- On 28 January 1993, 4CEP unit 1521 overran the buffers at the depot, with one driving carriage left perched precariously above houses. Three similar incidents had happened in the previous ten years.[2]
Allocation
As of 2016, the depot's allocation consists of Southeastern Class 375/377 EMUs and Class 395 Javelins.[3]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ramsgate EMU Depot.
- ^ "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Branch Lines Around Canterbury. Midhurst: Middleton Press. Illustration 86. ISBN 1-873793-58-8.
- ^ "Realtime Trains 6th November 2016 Margate to Ramsgate EMU Depot". Realtime Trains. Retrieved 6 November 2016.