Leichhardt Tram Depot
| Leichhardt Tram Depot | |
|---|---|
 Leichhardt Tram Depot circa 1920 | |
| Operation | |
| Locale | Main Sydney Tram System |
| Open | 1915 |
| Close | 1937 |
| Status | converted to bus depot |
| Operator(s) | New South Wales Tramways |
| Infrastructure | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Depot(s) | Leichhardt Tram Depot |
Leichhardt Tram Depot opened in mid-1915 as a twelve road depot on the corner of William and Derbyshire Streets, Leichhardt.
Design
As a tram depot, its design had some unique features such as the roller doors, and ancillary store and workshop buildings plus:[1]
- 12 tracks
- Decorative front parapet
- Brick panelled side walls
- Saw-tooth Roof orientation to south
Demise
It was converted to a bus depot in 1937 and remains in use today as Sydney Buses' Leichhardt depot.[2] As at October 2014, it had an allocation of 204 buses.[3] The old tramshed [4] is used as part of the new expanded Leichhardt Bus Depot [5] and northern bays as Sydney Bus Museum. Both the former Cable Stores Building [6] and Traffic Office [7] (also known as the Tram Depot Office) was proposed as part of the cancelled Leichhardt Police Station development.[8]
Gallery
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Former Traffic Offices proposed as part of new Police Station
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Former Cable Store proposed as part of new Police Station
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North Tram Depot Shed housing Sydney Bus Museum
References
- ↑ "Comparative Analysis". City of Sydney.
- ↑ MacCowan, Ian. The Tramways of New South Wales.
- ↑ State Transit Authority - Leichhardt Australian Bus Fleet Lists
- ↑ "SRA Tramshed". environment.nsw.gov.au.
- ↑ A W Edwards. "Leichhardt Bus Depot".
- ↑ "SRA Stores Branch Building". .environment.nsw.gov.au.
- ↑ "Tram Depot Office". .environment.nsw.gov.au.
- ↑ Daily Telegraph. "Shelved carpark kills new Leichhardt police station".
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