Skipton Broughton Road Carriage sidings

Skipton Broughton Carriage Sidings
Location
Location West Yorkshire, England
OS grid SD9751
Characteristics
Owner(s) Northern
Type DMU, EMU
History
Opened After 1876 when?
Former depot code(s) (1948 - June 1950) 20F
(June 1950 - October 1951) 23A
(October 1951 - February 1957) 20F
(February 1957 - September 1963) 24G
(September 1963 - April 1967) 10G

Skipton Broughton Carriage Sidings is a stabling point located in Skipton, West Yorkshire, England. The depot is situated on the Airedale Line and is just west Skipton station. Its name derives form its proximity to the A6069 Broughton Road that runs parallel to the railway line heading towards Gargrave in Skipton.[1]

Prior to the DMU/EMU sidings being opened, the site functioned as a Carriage & Wagon works for the area. It mostly serviced wagons on the Swinden Quarry to Hull and Leeds Hunslet workings, but quite often serviced wagons that had developed faults on the Airedale and the Settle and Carlisle Lines.[2]

Present

Originally there was a fan of three sidings just west of Skipton Station with a carriage washer before the sidings split off from the connecting line.[3] This was changed to four sidings (with a full Controlled Emission Toilet (CET) discharge line) in 2012 after services had been strengthened on the Airedale Line.[4] Class 322 EMUs were transferred from Scotrail to bolster peak time services in the Aire Valley.[5] This resulted in a £3.6 million improvement in the siding space to allow overnight stabling of 14 units.[6]

Rolling Stock

As of 2016, there is no allocation. It is, instead, a stabling point for Class 142 Pacers, Class 150/Class 153/Class 155/Class 156 Sprinters and class 321, 322 and 333 EMUs.

References

  1. ↑ North Yorkshire (Map). 3.5 inches to 1 mile. Street Atlas. Phillips. 2002. p. 216. ISBN 0-540-08143-4.
  2. ↑ Ratcliffe, David (June 2013). "Modeller's Guide to Wagon Repair Facilities". Rail Express. Horncastle: Mortons Media (205): 10. ISSN 1466-3562.
  3. ↑ Jacobs, Gerald (2006). Railway track diagrams book 2: Eastern. Bradford-on-Avon: Trackmaps. p. 44A. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8.
  4. ↑ "Skipton Expansion". Rail Engineer. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Northern to get Class 322 boost from December". Railnews. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Skipton MP Julian Smith praises £3.6million rail spending". Craven Herald & Pioneer. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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