A new train fuelling and servicing facility has been installed at Barrow which will help provide more reliable services for passengers between Cumbria and Manchester Airport.
Train company Northern said the new facility was essential and would double the on-board capacity.
The new 75m servicing road means that up to three carriages can be serviced and refuelled simultaneously. Previously, the site could only service one carriage at a time. A steel canopy has been constructed to provide shelter for staff and house the new equipment, as well as upgrades to pumps and energy efficient lighting.
Chris Jackson, regional director at Northern said: “The new facilities have meant that trains are able to be serviced faster, keeping them out in-service for our customers – improving reliability for the region and beyond.
“Of the 3,000 new services a week introduced in our December 2022 timetable, 2,000 were in the North West. With this uplift, there was a need for a facility equal to that growth.”
The work was carried out with RTS Infrastructure Services.
