Auburn Maintenance Centre

The Auburn Maintenance Centre is a train depot operated by Downer Rail responsible for the maintenance of the Sydney Trains A, B and M set fleets.

Auburn Maintenance Depot

Northbound view with Auburn Maintenance Centre in the middle in December 2010
Location
Location	Auburn
Characteristics
Owner	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operator	Downer Rail
Roads	7
Rolling stock	A sets B sets M sets
History
Opened	24 July 2010

History

As part of the contract to build and maintain the Sydney Trains A sets, John Holland built a depot on the site of the former Clyde Marshalling Yards adjacent to the MainTrain facility.^[1][2][3] It was opened by Minister for Transport John Robertson on 24 July 2010.^[4]

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.^[5][6] 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.^[7][8]

During 2018, maintenance of the Sydney Trains M set fleet was moved to Auburn from Eveleigh Railway Workshops.^{[citation needed]}

Description

The maintenance centre building has seven roads. It has stabling facilities on either side with the whole facility stretching for two kilometres.^[2]

Maps

Auburn Maintenance Centre.

The Sydney Trains maintenance centres. Auburn is in grey.