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Dowling Street Tram Depot

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Open
  
25 January 1909

Close
  
25 February 1961

Dowling Street Tram Depot

Locale
  
Cnr Dowling St & Dacey Ave Moore Park

Operator(s)
  
New South Wales Tramways

Track gauge
  
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in)

Depot(s)
  
Dowling Street Tram Depot

Dowling Street Tram Depot was part of the Sydney tram network. It was the largest tram depot in Australia.

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History

Dowling Street Tram Depot opened on 25 January 1909. The 27 road shed provided trams on the Coogee, La Perouse, Clovelly, Maroubra, Alexandria, Rosebery and Botany routes. It closed on 25 February 1961. After closure, the site was leased to Brambles before being redeveloped as the Supa Centa Moore Park shopping centre.

Design

It was the largest tram depot in Australia with twenty-seven roads. Design included:

  • 27 tracks
  • Plain front parapet
  • Step gabled side walls
  • Roof orientation to south
  • References

    Dowling Street Tram Depot Wikipedia