[7] The re-modelling of the yard, which was undertaken between June 1959 and November 1961, amounted to £280,000,[8][9] and included the installation of a hump and 33 miles (53 km) electrified sidings.

[3] After Speedlink was closed down, some wagonload traffic continued, and Crewe was used as a marshalling point for terminals in the north west from 1991.

[16] The yard remains an important staging point on the West Coast Main Line, with much of the freight services passing through in order to avoid using the congested approaches to Crewe railway station.

[18] Whilst this process has lessened in the 21st century, Basford Hall is still an important location for the stabling and rearranging of trains for Freightliner's intermodal network.

[19] Basford Hall has a large throughput of traffic, partly due to its location on the avoiding lines from Crewe station, and as such, is now one of the busiest rail freight yards in Great Britain.

[26] Crewe Basford Hall LDC was opened in July 2000,[27] replacing a VQ at Guide Bridge,[28] (on the east side of Manchester), initially receiving ballast for its stockpile from Penmaenmawr Quarry on the North Wales coast,[29] it has since had ballast delivered from Mountsorrel and Stud Farm in Leicestershire.

[30] Railtrack, Network Rail's predecessor, invested £3 million in remodelling part of Basford Hall for the new contract, which would include new sidings for the High Output Ballast Cleaner (HOBC).

[33] As part of the HS2 plan to link into Crewe railway station, a new infrastructure maintenance depot would be built to the west of the current Basford Hall yard.