North Pole depot
North Pole Train Maintenance Centre is a train maintenance site in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London partially redeveloped by Hitachi Rail Europe from 2013 as a maintenance site for Intercity Express Programme trains or Intercity Express Trains.
The depot was formerly known as North Pole International, used by Eurostar as the London depot for their fleet of British Rail Class 373 trains from 1994 until 2007 during the period when Eurostar trains ran from Waterloo International railway station.
North Pole depot is located at two sites on either side of the West London Line, just north of North Pole junction. The western site with the six road maintenance shed at 51°31′26″N 0°14′39″W / 51.52382°N 0.24422°WCoordinates: 51°31′26″N 0°14′39″W / 51.52382°N 0.24422°W is located adjacent to, and on the south side of the Great Western Main Line (GWML) opposite Old Oak Common depot. The eastern site with the four road heavy maintenance shed at 51°31′31″N 0°13′57″W / 51.52514°N 0.23259°W is accessed by rail via the western site passing under the West London line and the A219 (Scrubs Lane) at Mitre bridge.
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