Leichhardt Bus Depot, originally Leichhardt Tram Depot, is a bus depot in the

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, Australia, suburb of Leichhardt operated by

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History

Leichhardt Tram Depot was built as a twelve road depot on the corner of William Street and Derbyshire Road, Leichhardt, being available for use on 22 June 1915. It was never used as an operational tram depot, instead being used to store trams. It was converted to a bus depot in 1937. It was also the central maintenance facility until the

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opened in 1958. The old tramshed is used as part of the new expanded Leichhardt Bus Depot while the

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occupies the northern bays after its relocation from

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. Both the former Cable Stores Building and Traffic Office (also known as the Tram Depot Office) was proposed as part of the cancelled Leichhardt Police Station development. The depot is also home to the

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that moves the central barrier on Victoria Road between the

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and

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s. As part of the contracting out of region 6, operation of Leichhardt depot passed from State Transit to

on 1 July 2018. In January 2025, it had an allocation of 198 buses.

Design

As a tram depot, its design had some unique features such as the roller doors, and ancillary store and workshop buildings plus: *12 tracks *Decorative front parapet *Brick panelled side walls *Saw-tooth Roof orientation to south

Gallery

File:Leichhardt Tram Depot Traffic Offices.jpg, Former Traffic Offices File:Leichhardt Tram Depot Store (4).jpg, Former Cable Store File:Leichhardt Tram Depot Shed.jpg, North Tram Depot Shed housing

References

External links

Service NSW
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