Doncaster Carr rail depot
Coordinates: 53°30′31″N 1°07′57″W / 53.5086°N 1.1326°W
Doncaster Carr rail depot is a railway vehicle maintenance depot located alongside the East Coast Main Line in Doncaster, England.
The original facility Doncaster Locomotive depot was a major 12 road steam locomotive maintenance shed built by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) in 1876. The shed remained in use under the successor companies London and North Eastern Railway and British Railways, being significantly modified in the mid 1950s; steam locomotive use at the shed ended in the 1960s.
In the latter part of the 20th century the facility was used for diesel locomotive maintenance. In the late 2000s the site was selected as a maintenance depot for trains procured under the Intercity Express Programme.
By the 1850s the Great Northern Railway (GNR) had constructed a railway line to Doncaster; in the 1870s the railway facilities at Doncaster were undergoing enlargement, involving the reconstruction of the station, and the move of the locomotive servicing facilities to a site at Doncaster Carr suitable for accommodating around 100 engines. The engine shed was opened on 27 March 1876 with approximately 80 engines brought from the former shed.
The 12 road engine shed was located in primarily agricultural land north of the GNR main line, approximately 0.6 miles (1 km) south-east of the town centre, and well outside the urban extent of the town. By 1900 the area included extensive sidings along the main line, as well as large wagon 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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