Rushcutters Bay Tram Depot

Rushcutters Bay Tram Depot
Main Sydney Tram System
Operation
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 12 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]

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

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

External links

Media related to Rushcutters Bay Tram Depot at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, February 06, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.