Description
The depot is beside the Cornish Main Line, where it runs as a single track on the Southern side and terminates at Penzance railway station, half a mile west of the depot.
The depot is small, with six long sidings to store High Speed Trains and Voyagers, and four smaller sidings. If the longer sidings are all used up, trains are stored at Laira TMD, Plymouth, and then make their way to Penzance railway station in the morning. The depot also has a fuel lane, a single-tracked modern maintenance shed, and a small carriage washer. A few years ago, facilities at Penzance TMD were expanded to cater for the new fleet of Voyagers used by CrossCountry.
The main line and depot lie near the sea, with just Long Rock beach and the embankment that carries the South West Coast Path separating them, which means this depot and the main line sometimes have problems due to the sea.
Each week a DB Schenker service of oil tanks brings fuel to the depot from St Blazey engine shed. The fuel storage tanks at the depot are located behind the maintenance shed.
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