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- ↑ New South Wales fleet replacement advances Railway Gazette International 5 December 2017
- ↑ First sod turned on $300-million New Intercity Fleet train maintenance facility at Kangy Angy Lakes Mail 23 May 2018
- ↑ First sod turned on Kangy Angy train maintenance facility Railway Digest July 2018 page 7
- ↑ "Kangy Angy welcomes first New Intercity Fleet train". Transport for NSW. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ↑ "New Rail Maintenance Facility Officially Open". Transport for NSW. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.