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Newtown Tram Depot

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Locale
  
King Street, Newtown

Close
  
28 September 1957

Open
  
1 April 1900

Status
  
disused

Newtown Tram Depot

Operator(s)
  
New South Wales Tramways

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

Newtown Tram Depot was part of the Sydney tram network.

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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.

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

It contained:

  • Tram Storage Shed (1899), with its own distinctive parapet design
  • 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

    • The depot sits alongside Newtown railway station. Part of the depot's forecourt was redeveloped and opened to the public in 2012 as part of an upgrade to the station. This area now acts as the entrance to the station concourse. The main depot building remains derelict.

    Design

    Design features including:

  • 16 tracks
  • Plain front parapet
  • East roof orientation

    • References

    Newtown Tram Depot Wikipedia
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