Glenhuntly tram depot

Glenhuntly tram depot
Location
Location Glen Huntly Road, Caulfield South
Characteristics
Owner(s) VicTrack
Operator(s) Yarra Trams
Roads 12 (6 in sheds, 6 outside)
Rolling stock 15 A1-class
14 B2-class
27 Z3-class
Routes served 3/3a, 64, 67
History
Opened 1923

Glenhuntly tram depot is located on Glen Huntly Road, Caulfield South, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Operated by Yarra Trams, it is one of eight tram depots on the Melbourne tram network.

History

Glenhuntly tram depot opened in 1923 and is one of eight depots on the Yarra Trams network.[1][2][3]

When the Public Transport Corporation was privatised in August 1999, Essendon depot passed to M>Tram.[1][4] It passed to Yarra Trams when it took control of the entire tram network in April 2004.[5]

Layout

The main yard has 12 roads, six of these inside a maintenance shed. A single, double-track entrance exists, one for trams entering the depot and the other for trams leaving the depot.[1]

Rolling stock

As at March 2017, the depot had an allocation of 56 trams: 15 A1-class, 14 B2-class and 27 Z3-class.[1]

Routes

The following routes are operated from Glenhuntly depot:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Glenhuntly Depot". Vicsig. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Facts & Figures". Yarra Trams. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Melbourne's Electric Trams" Trolley Wire issue 307 November 2006 page 11
  4. ↑ "Swanston Trams" Trolley Wire issue 279 November 1999 page 25
  5. ↑ Some facts about the new Melbourne tram network Yarra Trams 19 February 2004
  6. 1 2 "Route 3/3a". Yarra Trams. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Route 64". Yarra Trams. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Route 67". Yarra Trams. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

Coordinates: 37°53′10″S 145°01′37″E / 37.8862°S 145.0269°E / -37.8862; 145.0269

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