Ramsgate Maintenance Depot

{{short description|Traction maintenance depot located in Ramsgate, Kent, UK}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}

{{Infobox railway depot

| name = Ramsgate Maintenance Depot

| image = Ramsgate Depot - South Eastern 466038, 465919 and 466026.JPG

| location = Ramsgate, Kent, England

| coordinates = {{coord|51.3423|1.404|type:landmark_region:GB_scale:2000_source:Google|display=inline, title}}

| grid_ref_UK = TR371658

| owner = Network Rail

| operator = Southeastern

| depotcode = RE (1973 -){{cite web|url=http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Resource_data/AllTimeShedCodes.pdf|title=The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes|date=5 May 2006|work=TheRailwayCentre.com|access-date=19 August 2016|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221651/http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Resource_data/AllTimeShedCodes.pdf|archive-date=17 December 2013}}

| type = EMU

| opened = 1930

| former_depot_codes = 74B (1948 - October 1958)

73G (October 1958 - May 1973)

}}

Ramsgate Maintenance Depot is a traction maintenance depot located in Ramsgate, Kent, England. The depot is situated on the Chatham Main Line and is immediately northwest of Ramsgate station, with access to the maintenance facilities and stabling sidings almost exclusively accessible from the Margate direction. Trains coming from Minster junction can only access the depot reception roads, the carriage cleaning shed (roads 1-4) and stabling roads 5-6 without reversing.{{Cite book|last=Munsey|first=Myles|title=Railway Track Diagrams, Book 5 – Southern & TfL|publisher=Trackmaps|year=2019|isbn=978-1-9996271-2-6|pages=7}}

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.{{cite book |first1=Vic |last1=Mitchell |first2=Keith |last2=Smith |title=Branch Lines Around Canterbury |publisher=Middleton Press |location=Midhurst |isbn=1-873793-58-8 |at=Illustration 86 |year=1995}}
  • On 28 November 2024, 395008 was derailed in the sidings between Ramsgate and Minster.{{Cite web |last=Bailes |first=Kathy |date=2024-11-29 |title=Javelin train derails from line at Ramsgate |url=https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2024/11/29/javelin-train-derails-from-line-at-ramsgate/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=The Isle Of Thanet News |language=en-GB}}

Allocation

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The depot is operated by Southeastern and maintains Class 375, 377, 395, 465 and 466s.

The depot is the home depot for the Class 375 and 377/5 units, although these are also maintained at Gillingham and Slade Green depots.

References

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=Other media=

  • {{cite episode|title=Ramsgate|series=The Architecture the Railways Built|first=Tim (presenter)|last=Dunn|author-link=Tim Dunn (historian)|series-no=3|number=9|station=Yesterday|network=UKTV|date=8 November 2021}}

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Category:Railway depots in South East England

Category:Rail transport in Kent

Category:1930 establishments in England

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