Nowergup railway depot is a

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depot in the suburb of

Nowergup, Western Australia Nowergup is a rural locality about north of Perth, Western Australia. It is in the local government area of the City of Wanneroo. History The suburb of Nowergup (sometimes spelled Nowgerup in earlier documents) takes its name from Lake Nowerg ...

History

Nowergup depot was built to service the Transperth B-series electric multiple units that were ordered to operate service on the

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, It is owned by the Public Transport Authority and leased to

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as part of its contract to maintain the B-series trains. The depot was completed on 17 May 2004 and officially opened on 13 June 2004 by

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and Planning & Infrastructure Minister

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. It was built at the end of a single track extension of the

beyond its then terminus of Clarkson. The line has since been extended to

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with the track duplicated. The depot is currently the base for B-series

electric multiple units An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number ...

that operate services on the

Joondalup Joondalup () is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, approximately north of Perth's central business district. It contains the central business district of the regional City of Joondalup and acts as the primary urban centre of Perth's outer ...

and

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lines. It is capable of holding 47 of the 3-car trains.Brookfield Rail and PTA in talks
'' Echo Newspapers'' 9 January 2015

References

Joondalup line Railway workshops in Western Australia Railway stations opened in 2004 2004 establishments in Australia