Temple Mills
The Temple Mills Depot is a £400M maintenance depot for the Eurostar rolling stock.It serves the new high speed route between St. Pancras and the Eurotunnel.
The high speed route (HS1) opened on 14th November 2007 taking passengers between St Pancras and Paris in 2 hours 15 minutes and Brussels in less than 2 hours at speeds of up to 186mph.
The 109 km high-speed rail link is the first major new railway to be built in this country in over a century.
Temple Mills is designed to house 8-train roads. The overall dimensions of the 8-road shed will be just under 450m long by 64m wide
The maintenance shed and all ancillary buildings were protection against lightning and were fitted with earthing systems where applicable.
Record Turnover for 2011!
The financial year from Jan to Dec 2011 has seen the largest turnover in the companys history
January 6th 2012
Cuttings receive Dehn Isolated System Accreditation.
Cuttings are pleased to announce that they have received Accredited Installer status for the Dehn isolated conductor systems
July 21st 2011
Training & Safety Update
Cuttings engineer obtains NVQ3 and the company obtains SMAS member accreditation.
July 20th 2011
Schools in!
Cuttings secure three school package.
March 25th 2011