Auburn. Minister opens $220m centre

Minister for Transport, John Robertson, opened the $220 million Auburn Maintenance Centre, which will become home to the new Waratah air-conditioned train fleet. The purpose-built centre was built by Reliance Rail to provide maintenance and servicing for the new train carriages. “The two kilometre long centre consists of seven maintenance tracks, a test siding, an automatic train wash plant and under floor wheel-profiling facility,” Mr Robertson said. The facility will employ around 150 people.