Hornsby Maintenance Depot is a train depot in the northern Sydney suburb of Asquith, New South Wales, Australia, that primarily services the Sydney Trains fleet. It is located to the north of Hornsby station, a major interchange on the Sydney Trains network, and alongside the Main North line.
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Location | Stephen Street, Asquith, New South Wales, Australia |
Coordinates | 33°41′39″S 151°06′13″E / 33.694048°S 151.103495°E |
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Owner | Transport Asset Holding Entity |
Operator | Sydney Trains |
Roads | 15 |
Rolling stock | T sets H sets A sets |
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Opened | 1928 |
The depot opened in 1928 and was one of four electric train depots built under the Bradfield electrification plan, the other depots being at Mortdale, Flemington and Punchbowl (later closed).[1]
The depot features nine roads under the main shed (numbered 1–9), five outdoor roads (numbered 11–15), two of which (11 and 12) are elevated, a train washing facility (16 road) and several short outdoor storage sidings. There are also 8 sidings south of depot used for stabling only. The track layout is such that trains can only enter from the south.
It is a stabling location for A (Waratah) sets, T (Tangara) sets and H (OSCAR) sets and crew depot, for services on the Central Coast, Northern, North Shore, and Western lines. It is also a maintenance depot for T sets.
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edit- ^ "First Stop Central" Keenan, David R. & Clark, Howard R. Australian Electric Traction Association 1963