Situated adjacent to Bescot Stadium railway station, the depot with code BS is currently operated by DB Schenker Rail (UK).

Bescot Yard was opened to handle coal and goods traffic in the Birmingham area, and so needed a depot to provide and service a wide range of locomotives.

[4] After the sell-off of British Rail, the shed was allocated to primary freight operator English Welsh and Scottish Railway.

However, after the downturn in traffic post the Financial crisis of 2007–08, since 2009 the depot had no allocation of locomotives and was only used for light maintenance and fueling.

[5] In January 2020 West Midlands Railway announced plans to develop the site as the main depot for their new Class 730 Aventra EMUs.