Location of Wheel Lathes

[IanXC]

Does anyone know of a list of all the Wheel Lathes in the UK?

Alternatively, shall we see if we can compile one?

Locations identified so far:

• Allerton TMD (Northern)
• Ardwick depot (Siemens for Transpennine Express)
• Ashford depot (Hitachi for Southeastern)
• Aylesbury depot (Chiltern Railways)
• Beckton depot (Docklands Light Railway)
• Bounds Green TMD, London (Virgin East Coast)
• Canton TMD, Cardiff (Arriva Trains Wales)
• Central Rivers, Derby (Bombardier for Virgin West Coast and CrossCountry)
• Craigentiny TMD, Edinburgh (Virgin East Coast)
• Crewe Arriva Traincare (Arriva)
• Crown Point, Norwich (Greater Anglia)
• Roberts Road depot, Doncaster (Electro Motive Diesel)
• Etches Park, Derby (East Midlands Trains)
• Gosforth depot (Tyne and Wear Metro)
• Hornsey depot (GTR Thameslink/Great Northern)
• Illford Depot (Greater Anglia)
• Kirkdale TMD, Liverpool (Merseyrail)
• Longsight Electric TMD, Manchester (Alstom for Virgin West Coast)
• Neasden depot (London Underground)
• Neville Hill TMD, Leeds (Northern)
• New Cross Gate depot (London Overground)
• Northfields Depot (London Underground)
• Northam Traincare Depot, Southampton (Siemens for South West Trains)
• Northumberland Park depot (London Underground)
• Nunnery Square depot (Sheffield Supertram)
• Old Oak Common TMD, London (Great Western Railway)
• Polmadie T&RSMD, Glasgow (Alstom for Virgin West Coast)
• Queens Road depot, Manchester (Metrolink)
• Reading TMD (Great Western Railway) - under construction
• Selhurst T&RSMD, London (GTR Southern)
• Shields Road TMD, Glasgow (ScotRail)
• Slade Green depot, Dartford (Southeastern)
• St Phillips Marsh, Bristol (Great Western Railway)
• Stonebridge Park depot, Wembley (Alstom)
• Temple Mills TMD, London (Eurostar)
• Thameslink Three Bridges depot (Siemens for GTR Thameslink)
• Therpia Lane depot (Croydon Tramlink)
• Toton TMD, Nottingham (DB Schenker)
• Trafford depot, Manchester (Metrolink) - under construction
• Tyseley Locomotive Works (Vintage Trains)
• Tyseley TMD (London Midland)
• Upminster depot (London Underground)
• Wimbledon traincare depot, London (South West Trains)

 

[Lrd]

Northfields on the Piccadilly Line

 

[59CosG95]

Does anyone know of a list of all the Wheel Lathes in the UK?

Alternatively, shall we see if we can compile one?

Locations identified so far:

• Allerton TMD (Northern)
• Illford Depot (Greater Anglia?)
• Northfields Depot (London Underground)
• Reading TMD (Great Western Railway)
• Tyseley Locomotive Works (Vintage Trains/London Midland)

Just saying, 323s have used Tyseley for tyre-turning before.

 

[Tempest3K]

I think St Philips Marsh (Bristol) & Etches Park (Derby) both have lathes - sure someone will be along to correct me if I'm wrong

Think there's one at Doncaster somewhere too.

 

[HLE]

Norwich has a mobile one now if I remember right.

 

[AndrewR232]

I believe one can be found at Shields depot.

 

[TheEdge]

Norwich has a mobile one now if I remember right.

It does, a little one at Crown Point. Its called mobile but it seems very much installed with a length of one Crown Point road partitioned off for it.

 

[Carntyne]

There is one at Shields.

Polmadie too I reckon on the Down side?

Craigentinny?

 

[Liam]

Craigentinny.

 

[najaB]

Craigentinny.

Is the one at Craigentinny still operational? I only ask because the sign was taken down.

 

[PHILIPE]

Cardiff (Canton)

 

[Z12XE]

It does, a little one at Crown Point. Its called mobile but it seems very much installed with a length of one Crown Point road partitioned off for it.

Yet most of the DMUs which went out of service with wheelflats this autumn seemed to go to Ilford, is it that Norwich is only used if Ilford is too busy?

 

[RailAleFan]

Arriva TrainCare, Crewe

http://arrivatc.com/wheel-lathe.php

 

[507021]

Kirkdale TMD.

 

[Liam]

Is the one at Craigentinny still operational? I only ask because the sign was taken down.

Oh, I don't know then. If it is still there I can't see it not being operational, it's only 2-3 years old.

 

[Bromley boy]

Slade Green maintenance depot has one.

As does Ashford.

 

[Clip]

Beckton depot for the DLR. Think ive got a pic somewhere too

 

[TheEdge]

Yet most of the DMUs which went out of service with wheelflats this autumn seemed to go to Ilford, is it that Norwich is only used if Ilford is too busy?

I suspect its probably the other way round TBH. Most of the time for the last few months there has been something on the lathe in Crown Point, the only things I've not seen on the lathe is a 90 or 170.

 

[33056]

Stonebridge Park (Wembley) owned by Alstom, they also have one at Longsight in Manchester IIRC.

 

[najaB]

Oh, I don't know then. If it is still there I can't see it not being operational, it's only 2-3 years old.

Perhaps it broke (the sign, not the lathe).

 

[MrPIC]

Hornsey?

 

[PHILIPE]

Yet most of the DMUs which went out of service with wheelflats this autumn seemed to go to Ilford, is it that Norwich is only used if Ilford is too busy?

Anglia 153s and 156s have been going to Derby (Etches Park) also

 

[lincolnshire]

Southampton,s Northam Seimens Train Depot wheel lathe & building can be seen from the train as it runs into Southampton station.

 

[DarloRich]

It does, a little one at Crown Point. Its called mobile but it seems very much installed with a length of one Crown Point road partitioned off for it.

it is certainly a mobile one as I know where it came from - I think it is a Hegenscheidt

Yet most of the DMUs which went out of service with wheelflats this autumn seemed to go to Ilford, is it that Norwich is only used if Ilford is too busy?

Or they are both busy?

 

[IanXC]

Thanks everyone for your efforts so far!

Just saying, 323s have used Tyseley for tyre-turning before.

That's really interesting, I always remember as a child thinking how strange it was when wheelsets came to (the then) Birmingham Railway Museum for turning. Maybe that was a leaf fall season tactic!

 

[Sunset route]

Two that are the closest to me.

GTR Southern at Selhurst
GTR Thameslink (Siemens) at Three Bridges

 

[142094]

Neville Hill has one for Northern units (not sure if the EMT HST stock also uses it) and I'm sure Heaton also has one.

Gosforth Metro depot has two, although one not normally used.

 

[ac6000cw]

Hornsey?

Yes, Hornsey for sure.

 

[flash]

Temple Mills, although access could be a problem

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Is there still one at Wimbledon? Pretty sure there is...?