Corkerhill Carriage Servicing Maintenance Depot

Corkerhill Carriage Servicing Maintenance Depot is located in Corkerhill, Glasgow, Scotland. The depot is situated on the Paisley Canal Line and is to the east of Corkerhill station.

Corkerhill Carriage Servicing Maintenance Depot
Location
LocationCorkerhill, Glasgow
Coordinates55.8358°N 4.3252°W / 55.8358; -4.3252
OS gridNS544627
Characteristics
Owner(s)Abellio ScotRail
Depot code(s)CK (1973 -)[1]
TypeDMU, EMU
History
Opened1 December 1896[2][3]

The depot code is CK.

Allocation

As of 2020, Corkerhill is responsible for the maintenance and cleaning of all 43 ScotRail Class 156s & 18 of the 40 ScotRail Class 158s (units 158723-158736 & 158738-158741) with the other 22 units, 158701-158722 being maintained at Inverness TMD. It is also a cleaning and stabling point for ScotRail Class 318s, Class 320s, Class 380s and Class 385s.

Up until the December 2019 timetable change, TransPennine Express Class 185s and Class 350s could also be seen visiting Corkerhill overnight for cleaning, stabling and light maintenance after working the evening services from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Central.

Corkerhill also cleaned and stabled the now withdrawn ScotRail Class 314s up until December 2019.

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Corkerhill Depot history". The Locomotive & Carriage Institution. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  3. Corkerhill Railway Station (Burrell Collection Photo Library), The Glasgow Story
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