Manchester International Depot

Manchester International Depot is a train maintenance depot in Manchester, England. It was constructed next to the Longsight depot in the early 1990s as part of a plan to operate Eurostar international train services to locations in the United Kingdom beyond London, known as Regional Eurostar. By the time that Eurostar services became operational through the Channel Tunnel in 1994 it was decided that regional Eurostar services from Manchester (via the West Coast Main Line) and Glasgow (via the East Coast Main Line) to Paris and Brussels were not economic to run due to their long journey times compared to air travel: 800 km Manchester-Paris and 1,230 km Glasgow-Paris. However the depots and trains had all but been completed by this time...