Newtown Tram Depot

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Newtown Tram Depot

Operation
Locale	Main Sydney Tram System
Open	1899-1890
Close	1960
Routes	St. Peters Bridge to Cooks River 1900 Addison Rd. line to Dulwich Hill 1909 Undercliffe opened. Lines 1912 Dulwich Hill to Wattle Hill 1913 Marrickville to Cooks River opened 1917
Operator(s)	New South Wales Tramways
Infrastructure
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge
Depot(s)	Newtown Tram Depot

The Newtown Depot was built in 1899-1900 following the conversion the Newtown Lines to electric traction. The Depot is the oldest remaining Tram Depot in Sydney that survive in its original form

History

Newtown Depot was built on land adjacent to Newtown Station and contained:^[1]

Tram Storage Shed (1899), with its own distinctive parapet design ^[2]
Tram Traffic Offices (1900), additional floor c.1914
Main Tram Track Area (1899), series of 16 tram tracks fanning out from two tracks at King Street, removed
Secondary Tram Yard (1899), demolished

Electric tram services commenced on 1 April 1900 with steam trams being withdrawn on 20 August.

Design

Design features including:^[3]

16 tracks
Plain front parapet
East roof orientation
Currently Derelict condition

Operations

The Depot supplied trams for services to King Street Newtown to Summer Hill, Canterbury, Earlwood, and services to Glebe and Tempe.^[4]

Demise

Tram services through Newtown were replaced by buses in September 1957 and the depot was closed. In 1960 the Depot transferred from the NSW Department of Government Transport to the NSW Department of Railways was gutted of its trackwork and tramway fixtures. The site was subsequently used variously for bus parking, private tenancies and railway uses, but is now vacant.

Gallery

Tram Traffic Offices
Track 16
South Wall
Windows
South East Corner
Railway Lane
Window and Ventilator
Relaying tram tracks in Newtown 1927
Laying tracks in newtown 1927.jpg

References

↑ "Newtown Railway Station Group and Former Tram Depot". environment.nsw.gov.au.
↑ David Sheedy Architects Pty Ltd (2004). Newtown Station and Tram Depot Conservation Management Plan.
↑ "Comparative Analysis". City of Sydney.
↑ MacCowan, Ian. The Tramways of New South Wales.

Trams and light rail in Sydney

Current network

Inner West Light Rail
CBD and South East Light Rail (proposed)

Former network

Depots	Randwick Workshops Dowling Street Depot Fort Macquarie Depot Leichhardt Depot Manly Depot Newtown Depot Ridge Street Depot Rozelle Depot Rushcutters Bay Depot Tempe Depot Ultimo Depot Waverley Depot

Fleet	Classification System Steam Motors C class D class E class F class G class H class J class K class L class L/P class M class N class O class O/P class P class P/R1 class R class R1 class

Other

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