Auburn Maintenance Centre
Location | |
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Location | Auburn |
Characteristics | |
Owner(s) | RailCorp |
Operator(s) | Downer Rail |
Roads | 7 |
Rolling stock | A Sets |
History | |
Opened | 24 July 2010 |
The Auburn Maintenance Centre is a train depot that is responsible for the maintenance of the Sydney Trains A set fleet operated by Downer Rail.
History
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] In February 2017 it was revealed that subsidence had occurred underneath the depot after plastic cells had failed. Remediation costs have been estimated as high as $70 million.[6]
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 2 The Centre Reliance Rail
- ↑ Reliance Rail PPP Train Maintenance Facility Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Leighton Holdings
- ↑ Annual Report year ended 30 June 2010 RailCorp
- ↑ "Signaling & infastructure" Railway Digest November 2014 page 42
- ↑ Auburn Stabling Transport for NSW
- ↑ John Holland on the hook as ground sags under Sydney's Waratah rail shop Australian Financial Review 3 February 2017