Newtown Tram Depot

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 8 1⁄2 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 has survived in its original form.

History

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

Electric tram services commenced on 1 April 1900 with steam trams being withdrawn on 20 August.

Design

Design features including:[3]

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

References

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