Knottingley TMD 2016, the depot's allocation consists of DB Cargo UK Class 60 and 66 locomotives. Of the three power stations the depot was built to serve, Ferrybridge was closed on 31 March 2016, while Eggborough was officially decommissioned in February 2018. However, the depot is still busy with gypsum and biomass traffic, particularly for the remaining Power Station at Drax, with workings from the Humber ports at Hull and Immingham. Knottingley TMD Knottingley TMD is a Traction Maintenance Depot located in Knottingley, West Yorkshire, England. The depot is situated on the Pontefract Line and is near Knottingley station. It opened in
Drax Priory in Ryecroft and St Ives (both near Bingley) in what is now West Yorkshire. These lands were granted to the monks by Adam De Birkin between 1165 and 1185. Drax Priory Drax Priory was an Augustinian priory at Drax in North Yorkshire, England, founded between 1130 and 1139 by William Paynel. The Priory has sometimes been called an abbey, though this is judged to be incorrect. Permission was given to crenellate the priory in 1362. The Priory was run down in 1535 with the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the land was leased to Sir Marmaduke Constable to be used