Hornsby Maintenance Depot is a train depot in the northern

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suburb of

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, New South Wales, Australia, that primarily services the

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fleet. It is located to the north of Hornsby station, a major interchange on the Sydney Trains network, and alongside the Main North line, the main railway line between Sydney and

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. The depot opened in 1928 and was one of four electric train depots built under the Bradfield electrification plan, the other depots being at

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, Flemington and Punchbowl (later closed)."First Stop Central" Keenan, David R. & Clark, Howard R. ''Australian Electric Traction Association'' 1963 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,

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, North Shore, and Western lines. It is also a maintenance depot for T sets.

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