Wednesday 28 Nov 2012
New plans for rail depot to accommodate 50 new jobs in Derby
- Region & Route:
Updated plans for a new maintenance centre of excellence in Derby have been re-submitted by Network Rail to accommodate the team required to support the electrification of the Midland Main Line.
The depot will bring together up to 400 maintenance staff from existing offices and sub-depots across the east midlands. That team will now be joined by around 50 new electrification maintenance specialists.
Martin Frobisher, route managing director for Network Rail, said: "This maintenance depot is central to our plans to help sustain a modern, reliable railway in the east Midlands. The new depot will bring our frontline teams into a single location so we can better plan and resource the maintenance of the railway. It will also allow more focused, rapid and flexible response to incidents.
“The government’s proposal that it plans to fund the electrification of our main line is fantastic news for the region, giving us a railway which will be cheaper and greener to run. It also means we will need to recruit electrification maintenance teams who will join the team at Derby to look after the new equipment.”
The depot consists of a three-storey building containing offices and welfare and storage facilities. The revised plans include an increase in office floor space (by 300 sq m to a total of 2,500) and an increase in height of the finished floor level to avoid flooding.
Work on site is hoped to start in autumn of this year and it is due to be completed in December 2013.
Notes to editors
Plans were originally submitted in February this year but withdrawn when it became clear additional office accommodation would be required.
The planning submission is available via Derby City Council
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