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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Famous quotes containing the words north pole, north and/or pole:
“—Here, the flag snaps in the glare and silence
Of the unbroken ice. I stand here,
The dogs bark, my beard is black, and I stare
At the North Pole. . .
And now what? Why, go back.
Turn as I please, my step is to the south.”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)
“I meet him at every turn. He is more alive than ever he was. He has earned immortality. He is not confined to North Elba nor to Kansas. He is no longer working in secret. He works in public, and in the clearest light that shines on this land.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“This man was very clever and quick to learn anything in his line. Our tent was of a kind new to him; but when he had once seen it pitched, it was surprising how quickly he would find and prepare the pole and forked stakes to pitch it with, cutting and placing them right the first time, though I am sure that the majority of white men would have blundered several times.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)