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Exeter TMD

Exeter TMD is a railway Traction Maintenance Depot

Engine shed

Engine shed may refer to:* Engine shed, also called a motive power depot or roundhouse, a structure used for the maintenance of railway locomotives....
situated in Exeter

Exeter

Exeter Exeter was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in Roman Britain and has existed since time immemorial. Exeter Cathedral, founded in 1050 is Anglicanism....
, Devon

Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
, England

England

Exeter St Davids railway station

Exeter St Davids station is the most important of seven National Rail stations in the city of Exeter in southwest England. Today the station is owned by Network Rail and operated by First Great Western....
station. The depot is operated by First Great Western

First Great Western

First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd, a United Kingdom List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom owned by FirstGroup, which operates services in the west and south west of England and South Wales....
.

There are 12 roads, the Traction Maintenance Depot (TMD) can hold 2 sets of vehicles. Behind a remaining wall from the previous Steam shed is where the Civil Shed is located, and the Premier shed (seldom used) is nearest the station.

ngine shed was opened at Exeter by the Bristol and Exeter Railway

Bristol and Exeter Railway

The Bristol & Exeter Railway was a railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter. It was friendly to the Great Western Railway, which had been opened between London and Bristol the previous year, and the two railways operated in collaboration....
when it opened the line to here in 1844.

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Exeter TMD is a railway Traction Maintenance Depot

Engine shed

Engine shed may refer to:* Engine shed, also called a motive power depot or roundhouse, a structure used for the maintenance of railway locomotives....
situated in Exeter

Exeter

Exeter Exeter was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in Roman Britain and has existed since time immemorial. Exeter Cathedral, founded in 1050 is Anglicanism....
, Devon

Devon

England

Exeter St Davids railway station

First Great Western

History

An engine shed was opened at Exeter by the Bristol and Exeter Railway

Bristol and Exeter Railway

South Devon Railway Company

The South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England. It was a broad gauge railway built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel...
and the two were eventually combined under the Great Western Railway

Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway was a History of rail transport in Great Britain that linked London with the south west and west of England and most of Wales....
.

Allocation

The depot's home fleet allocation of West Fleet DMU's comprises of Class 142 (001,009,029,030,063,064,068) Class 143 (603,611,612,617,618,619,620,621) & Class 153 (329,361,368,369,370,372,373,377,380,382).

The Class 142s have been based here since December 2007 and the Class 143s that had formerly been based at St Phillips TMD in Bristol were transferred to Exeter for the December 14 timetable change in 2008. Most of these replaced five of the Class 142s that were returned to Northern Rail

Northern Rail

Northern Rail is a train operating company that has operated local passenger services in the north of England since 2004. Northern Rail's owner, Serco-NedRailways, is a consortium formed of NedRailways and Serco, an international operator of public transport systems....
but three units continue to work in the Bristol area each day to operate services on the Severn Beach Line

Severn Beach Line

The Severn Beach Line is a local railway in Bristol, United Kingdom. It runs from Narroways Hill Junction to Severn Beach, and is the successor to the Bristol Port Railway and Pier, which ran from a Bristol terminus in the Avon Gorge to a station and pier on the Severn Estuary....
and the Bristol to Taunton Line

Bristol to Taunton Line

The Bristol to Taunton Line is a main line railway in England, which links the Great Western Main Line at Bristol Temple Meads railway station to the London to Penzance Line at Taunton railway station, Somerset....
, returning to Exeter every other day for servicing.

Sprinter

Sprinter (train)

The Sprinter is a family of diesel multiple unit trains in use on the UK railway system. They were built in the 1980s and early 1990s by BREL, Metro Cammell and Leyland....
DMUs of Classes 150

British Rail Class 150

The British Rail Class 150 British Rail brand names diesel multiple units were built by BREL from 1984-87. A total of 137 units were built in three main subclasses, replacing many of the earlier List of British Rail diesel multiple unit classes#1st Generation "Heritage" DMUs....
and 153

British Rail Class 153

The British Rail Class 153 "Sprinter " is a single-car diesel multiple unit train....
also regularly appear at the deopt, along with occasional examples of the Class 158

British Rail Class 158

British Rail Class 158 Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit train, built for British Rail between 1989 and 1992 by BREL at their Derby Carriage and Wagon Works....
. The South West Trains

South West Trains

South West Trains is a List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom operating in the United Kingdom, providing train services to the south-west of London, chiefly in Greater London and the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire, Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight ....
Class 159

British Rail Class 159

The British Rail Class 159, known as 'Wessex Turbo' by Network SouthEast , is a diesel multiple unit, built in 1992 by BREL at Derby Carriage and Wagon Works Works....
DMUs are generally stabled adjacent to Riverside Yard and are not normally serviced at Exeter TMD.

Depot code

The current depot code is EX. In steam days the shed code

List of British Railways shed codes

All British Railways steam locomotives were allocated to a particular motive power depot, usually known as a "shed". Each shed had a shed code which was displayed on an oval plate attached to the smokebox door of each locomotive allocated to that shed....
was 83C.