A FAMOUS train engineering site said to be the largest in Scotland will be reopened in a move bosses say will create 5000 jobs in the next decade.
The St Rollox train depot, in Springburn in Glasgow, will be reopened by Gibson's Engineering after closing in 2019, ending 163 years in business.
The Caley, as it is known locally, will manufacture, repair and maintain light and heavy rolling stock and bosses say it will have a new fully electrified rail line from its buildings to the mainline.
Two years after its closure, it was bought by businessman David Moulsdale and the building achieved listed status in 2022.
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He said: “I was born and raised just three miles from The Caley. I vividly recall the enormous impact this unique engineering powerhouse had on me, and on the Greater Glasgow and broader Scottish community.
“I’m extremely confident that our ambition to see significantly larger-scale employment of engineers, coachbuilders, project managers and apprentices in the North of Glasgow will come to fruition.”
Fraser Gibson, managing director of Gibson’s Engineering, said he was looking forward to getting St Rollox “thriving again”.
Bosses say they hope the re-opening of the St Rollox depot would expand Gibson’s Engineering workforce to over 1000 employees over the next five years and “hopefully” to 5000 in the next decade.
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