Auburn Maintenance Centre

Auburn Maintenance Depot
Location
Location Auburn
Characteristics
Owner(s) RailCorp
Operator(s) Downer Rail
Roads 7
Rolling stock A Sets
B Sets
M 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 as well as the Sydney Trains M set fleet.

History

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] 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]

During 2018 maintenance of the Sydney Trains M set fleet was moved to Auburn from Eveleigh Railway Workshops.

Description

The maintenance centre building has seven roads. It has stabling facilities on ether side with the whole facility stretching for two kilometres.[1]

Maps

References

  1. 1 2 The Centre Reliance Rail
  2. ↑ Reliance Rail PPP Train Maintenance Facility Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Leighton Holdings
  3. ↑ Annual Report year ended 30 June 2010 RailCorp
  4. ↑ "Signaling & infastructure" Railway Digest November 2014 page 42
  5. ↑ Auburn Stabling Transport for NSW
  6. ↑ John Holland on the hook as ground sags under Sydney's Waratah rail shop Australian Financial Review 3 February 2017


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