North Pole Depot
South of the line is North Pole depot, also approximately half a mile south-west of Willesden TMD. Here until 2010, Eurostar trains which operate the Channel Tunnel had their UK maintenance base. With the opening of the new international terminal at St Pancras railway station, all servicing was moved to the new Temple Mills depot located near Stratford International.
Writing in 2012, this depot site is now being considered for conversion to provide for the maintenance and repair of the proposed new Intercity Express Programme (IEP) trains which are expected to replace High Speed Train sets on the Great Western main line from 2016.
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