Editing Direct Rail Services (section)

==Depots==
[[File:Crewe DRS - 66423 in maintenance bay.JPG|thumb|A {{brc|66}} locomotive no. 66423 being serviced at Crewe]]
Direct Rail Services initially operated from a base at the nuclear reprocessing plant in Sellafield, but in 1998 moved into [[Carlisle Kingmoor TMD|Carlisle Kingmoor depot]] which had been disused since 1987.<ref>{{cite magazine |title = Direct Rail Services to lease Carlisle Kingmoor diesel depot |magazine = Rail Express |issue = 21 |date = February 1998 |page = 6}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |editor-last = Harris |editor-first = Nigel |title = DRS moves to Carlisle Depot |magazine = Rail Magazine |issue = 360 |date = 30 June 1999 |page = 12 |issn = 0953-4563}}</ref>
A second depot was opened at [[Crewe Gresty Lane TMD|Crewe Gresty Bridge]] in March 2007. This is on the site of a former wagon works.<ref>{{cite magazine |editor-last = Sutton |editor-first = Phillip |title = DRS opens Crewe Gresty Bridge loco depot |magazine = Rail Express |issue = 132 |date = May 2007 |page = 5 |issn = 1362-234X}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |editor-last = Piggott |editor-first = Nick |title = Thornaby to close – but new DRS depot opens |magazine = The Railway Magazine |volume = 153 |issue = 1,274 |date = June 2007 |page = 8 |issn = 0033-8923}}</ref> 
It also operates the [[Motherwell TMD|Motherwell depot]], where it carries out inspection work and re-fuelling.<ref>{{cite magazine |url = https://www.railmagazine.com/news/rail-features/exclusive-inside-direct-rail-services |title = EXCLUSIVE: Inside Direct Rail Services |issue = 842 |date = 18 January 2018 |magazine = Rail Magazine |access-date = 11 May 2021 |issn = 0953-4563}}</ref>