Newtown Tram Depot

Newtown Tram Depot

Main Sydney Tram System
Operation
Locale	King Street, Newtown
Open	1 April 1900
Close	28 September 1957
Status	disused
Operator(s)	New South Wales Tramways
Infrastructure
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Depot(s)	Newtown Tram Depot

Newtown Tram Depot was part of the Sydney tram network.

History

Newtown Tram Depot opened on 1 April 1900 adjacent to Newtown station on King Street, Newtown. It initially provided trams on the Glebe Point, Canterbury, Earlwood and Summer Hill lines. It closed on 28 September 1957.^[1][2]

It is the oldest remaining tram depot in Sydney that has survived in its original form.

It contained:^[3]

• Tram Storage Shed (1899), with its own distinctive parapet design ^[4]
• Tram Traffic Offices (1900), additional floor c.1914
• Main Tram Track Area (1899), series of 16 tram tracks fanning out from two tracks at King Street, removed
• Secondary Tram Yard (1899), demolished

Design

Design features including:^[5]

• 16 tracks
• Plain front parapet
• East roof orientation

Gallery

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  Tram Traffic Offices

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  Track 16

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  South Wall

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  Windows

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  South East Corner

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  Railway Lane

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  Window and Ventilator

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  Relaying tram tracks in Newtown 1927

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  Laying tracks in Newtown 1927

References

1. Keenan, David (1979). Tramways of Sydney. Sans Souci: Transit Press. p. 18. ISBN 0 909338 02 7.
2. Keenan, David (1992). The South-Western Lines of the Sydney Tramway System. Petersham: Transit Press. pp. 55/56. ISBN 0 909338 11 6.
3. "Newtown Railway Station Group and Former Tram Depot". environment.nsw.gov.au.
4. David Sheedy Architects Pty Ltd (2004). Newtown Station and Tram Depot Conservation Management Plan.
5. "Comparative Analysis" (PDF). City of Sydney.

External links

Media related to Newtown Tram Depot at Wikimedia Commons