More are expected to get on board after an "industry briefing" in the city on Wednesday morning, May 26.

State Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders has been encouraging businesses to find out if they can be part of "probably the biggest project Dubbo's ever seen to this point".

"There's a massive structure coming out of the ground right now," he said on Tuesday morning.

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The $2.8 billion project includes the replacement of NSW TrainLink's ageing XPT, XPLORER and Endeavour trains and the construction of the Mindyarra Maintenance Centre on the corner of Welchman and White streets at Dubbo.

The state's new regional rail fleet will be tested, maintained and serviced at the under-construction centre.

Mr Saunders said Momentum Trains would deliver 29 new trains.

He said head contractor CPB would hand over the centre when completed to UGL Limited to run.

The construction phase of the centre is expected to generate about 200 jobs and the operational phase about 50 jobs.

Mr Saunders said the Jobs Skills and Industry Participation (JSIP) team on the project "absolutely prioritise the use of local businesses".

"As part of that there's an Aboriginal working party that has a real focus on indigenous inclusion and forming pathways into some of those permanent jobs at the centre when it is built," he said.

Consultation with the working party and other Aboriginal organisations led to the naming of the Dubbo centre, the first on the Transport for NSW network to include an Aboriginal word.

Mindyarra means to "fix or repair".

In the lead-up to the industry briefing, Mr Saunders was calling on representatives of Dubbo businesses offering the likes of environmental , plumbing, security, cleaning, electrical, plant and equipment services to attend Dubbo RSL Memorial Club's auditorium at 8am on Wednesday.

"There's been about 40 different local business used already," the MP said.

Mr Saunders anticipates the centre, which will adopt sustainable practices including the use of solar power and non-potable water, will be completed in 2022.

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