Birkenhead North TMD
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A Merseyrail Class 507 outside the depot.
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| Location | |
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| Location | Birkenhead, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°24′23″N 3°03′29″W / 53.4065°N 3.0581°WCoordinates: 53°24′23″N 3°03′29″W / 53.4065°N 3.0581°W |
| OS grid | SJ296905 |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner(s) | Network Rail |
| Depot code(s) | BD (1976-) |
| Type | EMU, Sandite |
| History | |
| Opened | prior to 1899 |
| Original | Wirral Railway |
| Former depot code(s) | BN (1973-1976) |
Birkenhead North TMD is a traction maintenance depot, which is owned by Network Rail, located opposite Birkenhead North railway station for servicing Merseyrail Class 507 and 508 multiple units and rolling stock. The depot code is BD.
The former Bidston Shed, with the shed code 6F, was situated on the opposite side of the tracks, and slightly further towards Bidston, from the depot. An Ordnance Survey map shows that the site of Birkenhead North TMD was occupied, by a railway depot, by 1899. However, the actual Birkenhead North engine shed, as it was then named, was located to the north of the present depot, on the goods line to the docks. In 1985 and 1986, in order to celebrate "100 years of Mersey Railways," the depot held a series of open days. On these occasions a number of mainline locomotives were on display at the depot. Among the locomotives included were Class 40 locomotive number 40122 D200 and Class 50 locomotive number 50007 Sir Edward Elgar (formerly Hercules).
Merseyrail is due to have its entire fleet of 507 and 508 EMUs replaced between 2019-2021. As part of the £460 million pound project, both Birkenhead North TMD and Kirkdale TMD depots will be upgraded to be capable of maintaining the new fleet.
The depot is home to Class 507 and Class 508 750 V DC third rail electric multiple units. Until the introduction of these units, the depot housed Class 503 equipment.
Departmental equipment for Sandite duties has in the past included Class 73/0 and 73/9, Class 97/7 and Class 936 traction.
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