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re-fuelling, wheel re-profiling, washing, and toilet emptying, as well as overnight stabling facilities (sidings for 4 full and 20 half trainsets) and staff and warehousing. The main building was to be roughly 300 by 55 m (984 by 180 ft) on a site of approximately 13 ha (32 acres). Road access was to be via 'Ten Pound Walk' which would require widening.
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The contract for the second phase of the programme, including trains to run on the ECML was finalised in April 2014, allowing the construction of the
Doncaster depot to begin, with the former Doncaster Carr DB Schenker depot closing in April 2014. The main contractors were
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train timetabling, reducing the site's overall area. The 2013 plans re-instated a bio-cleaning pit, extended the train wash, and added an additional mainline track connection south of the main maintenance shed.
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repair works to the south-east, south of the main line, and an additional smaller engine shed to the north-east of the main shed.
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as part of the original plan of the IEP. The depot also maintain the
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Bickerdyke, Paul, ed. (May 2014). "Doncaster TMD: A last look".
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mechanical coaling plant amongst its facilities. The shed (then
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805:(18 February 2010) Design and Access Statement (January 2010).
1057:(13/01948/WCC) Erection of new rail maintenance facility ...
961:"Doncaster Carr – £70m depot will serve new intercity fleet"
586:"Improved Facilities at Doncaster Carr Motive Power Depot",
1060:, Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, 12 September 2013
1047:(12/00380/WCC) Erection of new rail maintenance facility...
941:. No. 216. Horncastle: Mortons Media. pp. 18–19.
705:"Agility Trains signs Intercity Express Programme contract"
1050:, Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, 14 February 2012
1038:, Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, 29 November 2011
1018:, Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, 18 February 2010
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The London & North
Eastern Railway (LNER) Encyclopedia
205:. Steam locomotives were withdrawn from the shed by 1966.
1074:"New Mechanical Coaling and Sanding Plant at Doncaster",
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502:"Joint Lines part-owned by the Great Northern Railway"
72:(left) and other steam engines at the locomotive shed
1028:, Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, 24 May 2010
300:– intermodal freight facility immediately to the east
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The
History of the Great Northern Railway 1845–1895
888:"Financial close on £2·7bn East Coast IEP contract"
817:(18 February 2010) Planning and Economic Report.
755:"Doncaster hub prepares to maintain Azuma fleet"
156:"Cenotaph" automated coaling and sanding stage,
310:– new facilities for IEP trainsets on the GWML
181:Under British Rail the facility had shed code
170:By the late 1920s the shed had an associated
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272:As of January 2020, the depot maintains the
1002:London & North Eastern Railway Magazine
667:Ordnance Survey. 1:10000. 1972, 1984, 1992
141:Doncaster Carr locomotive shed (1876–2014)
101:as part of their contract to maintain the
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730:"BREAKING: Rail depot plan for Doncaster"
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335:Doncaster Carr Motive Power Depot
176:Doncaster Carr Motive Power Depot
458:Ordnance Survey. 1:10560. 1893–4
351:London and North Western Railway
298:Doncaster International Railport
229:became preferred bidder for the
221:Doncaster Carr IEP depot (2014–)
126:London and North Eastern Railway
913:"New rail depot for Doncaster"
217:as a light maintenance depot.
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1134:Railway depots in Yorkshire
606:"Steam Locomotive Shed 36A"
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316:– London depot for the IEP
308:Filton Triangle rail depot
304:Maliphant sidings, Swansea
118:Doncaster Locomotive depot
965:Premier Construction News
815:Application 10/00403/FULM
803:Application 10/00403/FULM
791:Application 10/01390/FULM
779:Application 10/00403/FULM
83:Doncaster Carr rail depot
46:Doncaster Carr rail depot
1000:"Doncaster Carr Sheds",
875:Application 13/01948/WCC
863:Application 12/00380/WCC
851:Application 13/01948/WCC
839:Application 12/00380/WCC
827:Application 11/03277/MAT
65:BR 67391 (off left) and
239:Great Western Main Line
594:: 494–5, 26 April 1957
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247:TransPennine Express
243:East Coast Main Line
111:TransPennine Express
91:East Coast Main Line
1118:www.locosheds.co.uk
995:, Methuen & Co.
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