Auburn Maintenance Centre
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The Auburn Maintenance Centre is a train depot that is responsible for the maintenance of the Sydney Trains A set fleet operated by Downer EDi Rail.
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Auburn |
| Owner | RailCorp |
| Operator | Downer EDi Rail |
| Opened | 24 July 2010 |
| Details | |
| Roads | 7 |
| Rolling stock | Asets |
History
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Northbound view with Auburn Maintenance Centre in the middle in December 2010
As part of the contract to build and maintain the Sydney Trains A sets, Reliance Rail built a depot on the site of the former Clyde Marshalling Yards adjacent to the MainTrain facility.[1][2] It was opened by Minister for Transport John Robertson on 24 July 2010.[3]
On 20 September 2014, an 11 road stabling facility was established to the south-east of the facility. Provision has been made for an extra five roads.[4][5]
Description
The maintenance centre building has seven roads. It has stabling facilities on ether side with the whole facility stretching for two kilometres.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Centre Reliance Rail
- ↑ Reliance Rail PPP Train Maintenance Facility Leighton Holdings
- ↑ Annual Report year ended 30 June 2010 RailCorp
- ↑ "Signaling & infastructure" Railway Digest November 2014 page 42
- ↑ Auburn Stabling Transport for NSW
