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 power station scheduled begin in late 2010 and to take up to three and a half years. Two other 300 MW biomass plants were planned by Drax at the ports of Hull and Immingham. In 2012 Drax group abandoned plans for the discrete biomass plant development, due to changes in government subsidies for biomass energy production favouring plant conversions over newly built plants. It switched to a project to convert half of the units at its existing plant to biomass firing. In September 2012 Drax Group announced the conversion to full firing with biomass of three of its six units. The first