page_title: Trams in Sydney
section_title: Depots
hierarchical_section_title: Trams in Sydney / Depots
caption_attribution_description: Macquarie_depot_1940's
context_page_description: The Sydney tramway network served the inner suburbs of Sydney, Australia from 1879 until 1961. In its heyday, it was the largest in Australia, the second largest in the Commonwealth of Nations, and one of the largest in the world. The network was heavily worked, with about 1,600 cars in service at any one time at its peak during the 1930s.
  Patronage peaked in 1945 at 405 million passenger journeys. Its maximum street trackage totalled 291 km in 1923.
context_section_description: Dowling Street Depot served the lower Eastern Suburbs (Coogee, La Perouse, Clovelly, Maroubra), and inner southern suburbs (Alexandria, Rosebery, Botany). The largest tram depot in Australia and it was the last to close in 1961 when the La Perouse line closed. The site is now the Moore Park Homemaker's Supacenta.
  Waverley Depot served the Bondi and Bronte routes. Closed in 1959, now the site of a bus depot.
  Rozelle Depot served the inner western suburbs routes to Leichhardt, Balmain, Birchgrove, Abbotsford and Lilyfield. Closed in 1958, reopened in 2016 as Tramsheds shopping centre.
  Newtown Depot served routes via King Street, Newtown to Summer Hill, Canterbury, Earlwood, and services to Glebe. Closed in 1957, has been neglected to the point of collapse. In 2012 the forecourt was converted into a public plaza, providing a new entrance to Newtown railway station.
  North Sydney Depot served the lines via North Sydney. Closed in 1958. The open part was converted into North Sydney Bus Depot, while the car sheds were retained and incorporated into a supermarket. The site has since had many changes however still has a small bus depot on site.
  Ultimo Depot served routes to Pyrmont, Ryde, and Erskineville. It was situated on the eastern side of Harris Street adjacent to the Darling Harbour goods yard next to the Ultimo power station. It closed as a tram depot in 1953, becoming a bus depot, which later closed. The depot has since become storage and workshop space for the Powerhouse Museum.
  Rushcutters Bay Depot served the Watsons Bay line. Closed in 1960.
  Fort Macquarie Depot served the Circular Quay – Railway Square service, and services to Woolloomooloo. Closed 1955, now the site of the Sydney Opera House. A large balloon loop encircled the depot allowing trams to turn around without changing ends.
  Manly Depot served the isolated Manly lines until closure in 1939. The depot was converted to a bus depot before being closed when Mona Vale and Brookville bus depots opened
  Enfield Depot served the isolated Ashfield- Mortlake/Cabarita lines. Closed in 1948 and reused as a bus depot until it closed in 1989. The water tank, originally used by the steam trams and later as part of the fire suppression system, was removed and is now at the Tramway Museum in Loftus.
  Rockdale Depot served the isolated Rockdale–Brighton-Le-Sands line. Closed 1949.
  Tempe Depot served the Cooks River and Marrickville/Dulwich Hill lines. Closed 1954, became a bus depot then closed. Used as a storage facility for withdrawn buses. Former site of the Sydney Bus Museum before the museum moved to Leichhardt Depot. In 2010 it reopened as a Sydney Buses depot before being transferred to Transit Systems.
  Leichhardt Depot was only a storage depot for trams and some light maintenance works. Served as a bus depot till a new depot was opened next door in 2009. It is now the home of the Sydney Bus Museum.
caption: Fort Macquarie Tram Depot
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