Eveleigh Carriage Workshops

Not to be confused with Eveleigh Railway Workshops or Carriageworks.

The Eveleigh Carriage Workshops were built by the New South Wales Government Railways in 1888 as a depot for its passenger carriage fleet. The workshops are located west of what is now Redfern station on the northern side of the Main Suburban railway line opposite the heritage-listed Eveleigh Railway Workshops.^[1]

Eveleigh Carriage Workshops
Location in Greater Sydney
Built	1888 (1888)
Operated	1889 (1889)–1989 (1989)
Location	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°53′39″S 151°11′30″E
Industry	Railway
Area	located within the 51-hectare (130-acre) Eveleigh Complex
Defunct	Closed in 1989 (1989) and repurposed as Carriageworks and other uses

The repair and heavy maintenance of both Sydney suburban and long-distance carriages were undertaken on site between 1888 until its closure in 1989. In 1986 the workshop was upgraded to refurbish single-deck suburban carriages.^[2] Following this program ceasing the works closed in September 1989 after which it was used to store redundant carriages and to remove asbestos from locomotives and carriages.^[3][4][5]

The western end of the site has been redeveloped as the Carriageworks theatre while the eastern end houses some of Transport for NSW's heritage fleet.^[6][7]

See also

• Trains portal

• Rail transport in New South Wales

References

1. "Eveleigh Railway Workshops". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. Retrieved 5 September 2017. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
2. "Eveleigh Carriage Works Upgrading". Railway Digest: 303. October 1986.
3. "Rolling Stock". Railway Digest: 26. January 1990.
4. "Old trains parked in old sidings". Railway Digest: 48. February 1992.
5. "3801 Progress Report". Railway Digest: 42. March 1999.
6. Carriageworks Carriageworks
7. RailCorp S170 Heritage and Conservation Register RailCorp