Avon Yard
| Avon Yard | |
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Looking across Avon Yard from the west, October 2013
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| Facility information | |
| Location | Northam, Western Australia |
| Constructed | 1966 |
| Operator | Remaining parts used by Brookfield Rail, Watco (CBH Group), and Aurizon (no longer staffed) |
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| Rail gauge |
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
Avon Yard, originally known as the Avon Marshalling Yard (also sometimes known as Avon Railway Yard) is a railway yard west of Northam, Western Australia.
It lies on the southern side of the Avon River, and is on what is known as the Eastern Railway between Toodyay and Northam.
It was built by the Western Australian Government Railways, as a marshalling yard for the standard gauge railway project in the 1960s.
It originally was a dual gauge yard, with both narrow (1,067mm) and standard gauge (1,435mm) track laid. It is now mainly standard gauge.
The yard has been modified at various stages, as the different operators dealt with the services required. It has also been considered as redundant grain receival or storage location with some arguments for bypassing the facility and railing direct to Fremantle.
It ceased being used as an operational yard by Aurizon in 2013, however it is still used to store withdrawn rolling stock. Watco also uses the depot to maintain its CBH Group locomotives and rolling stock.
Large CBH grain holding silos are located on the southern side of the former marshalling yard, with Watco servicing its rolling stock at this location.
Coordinates: 31°38′34″S 116°37′59″E / 31.64278°S 116.63306°E
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