Randwick Tramway Workshops

Randwick Tramway Workshops

Randwick Tram Workshop panorama
Operation
Locale Sydney Tramway System
Open 1881
Close 1960
Operator(s) New South Wales Tramways
Infrastructure
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Depot(s) Randwick Tramway Workshops

The locomotive workshops were established at King Street Randwick in 1881[1] to build and service Sydney's trams. In 1902 the workshops were renamed the Randwick Tramway Workshops.[2]

History

The workshops grew rapidly to become one of Sydney's largest engineering establishments peaking in around the 1920s.[3]

Operations

The Randwick Tramway Workshops consisted of:

During the First and Second World Wars workers from the Tramways Workshops were diverted to manufacturing armaments and artillery.

The 1917 General Strike began with the 3.000 workers from Eveleigh Railway and Randwick Tramways Workshops and spread across Australia.

Demise

Reduction in Sydney tramway diminished the Tramway Workshops functions and led to its eventual closure in 1960/61. As trams ceasing to run the Workshop became the resting place for many scrapped vehicles.

The University of New South Wales bought most of the Tramway Workshops which now function as the Randwick TAFE. The eastern end is currently a bus depot.

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ "THE TRAMWAY WORKSHOPS AT RANDWICK.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 7 July 1887. p. 6. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Randwick Municipal Council (1985). Randwick, a social history. New South Wales University Press, Kensington, New South Wales. p. 244.
  3. ↑ Dorling, Carl (1988). "Out of sight out of mind: tram maintenance as a neglected part of Sydney's tram history". Historic Environment 6 (4): 19–24. ISSN 0726-6715.