Rushcutters Bay Tram Depot

Rushcutters Bay Tram Depot
Operation
Main Sydney Tram System

Locale	Rushcutters Bay
Open	4 October 1898
Close	9 July 1960
Status	demolished
Operator(s)	New South Wales Tramways
Infrastructure
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Depot(s)	Rushcutters Bay Tram Depot

Rushcutters Bay Tram Depot was part of the Sydney tram and trolleybus networks. It

History

Rushcutters Bay opened on 4 October 1898 serving the Watsons Bay route.^[1]

On the conversion to electric operation, the depot was extensively rebuilt in 1905 enlarging the tram shed from two roads to six. The depot was enlarged again around 1913 at the rear with an additional four roads.

As a former cable tram depot the layout included an attached winding house and boiler house. The winding house was built for the cable tramway from the foot of King Street to Ocean Street, Edgecliff. Modified design included:^[2]

10 tracks
Plain front parapet
Roof orientation to south

In January 1934, the former winding house was redeveloped as a trolleybus depot. The trolleybuses left in 1948. The depot closed on 9 July 1960 and was demolished.

References

↑ Keenan, David (1979). Tramways of Sydney. Sans Souci: Transit Press. p. 18. ISBN 0 909338 02 7.
↑ "Comparative Analysis" (PDF). City of Sydney.

External links

Media related to Rushcutters Bay 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Fleet	Active: Urbos 3 Withdrawn: Urbos 2 Variotram Future: Citadis X05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

Sydney Tramway Museum

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