Manly Tram Depot

Manly Tram Depot
Operation
Manly Tram System

Locale	Cnr Balgowlah & Pittwater Roads, Manly
Open	1903
Close	30 September 1939
Operator(s)	New South Wales Tramways
Infrastructure
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Depot(s)	Manly Tram Depot

Manly Tram Depot was part of the Sydney tram network.

History

Tram crossing The Spit on a punt

Manly Depot served the isolated Manly lines. It opened in 1903, being rebuilt in 1911 for electric trams. It closed along with the network on 30 September 1939. ^[1] The tram sheds were demolished while the electric tram sheds were modified for use as a bus depot and subsequently adapted for commercial use being a car dealership and later retail markets.

Design

The depot had a steel frame with a saw tooth roof covering ﬁve roads with the tramcars having to enter the new shed through the old steam tram sheds, which were timber framed and clad in corrugated iron. Design included: ^[2]

5 tracks
Curtailed parapet
East facade altered, north and south elevations reclad
Roof orientation to south

Operations

The depot served the isolated Manly lines with services to Harbord, Narrabeen and The Spit.^[3]

Gallery

Depot c.1920
Depot c.1941
Depot c.1941
Depot c.1959
Manly Tramway Depot
Pittwater Road c.1940
Depot becomes Mitsubishi Motors Dealer

References

↑ Keenan, David (1979). Tramways of Sydney. Sans Souci: Transit Press. p. 18. ISBN 0 909338 02 7.
↑ "Comparative Analysis" (PDF). City of Sydney.
↑ MacGowan, Ian (1990). The Tramways of New South Wales. Oakleigh: Ian MacGowan. ISBN 0 949600 25 3.

External links

Media related to Manly Tram Depot at Wikimedia Commons

Trams and light rail in Sydney

Current network

Lines	Dulwich Hill Line CBD and South East Light Rail (under construction) Parramatta Light Rail (proposed)

Fleet	Active: Urbos 3 Withdrawn: Urbos 2 Variotram Future: Citadis X05

Former network

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

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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