Glenhuntly tram depot
Depot in Melbourne, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glenhuntly tram depot is located on Glen Huntly Road, Caulfield a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Operated by Yarra Trams, it is one of eight tram depots on the Melbourne tram network.
History
Glenhuntly tram depot opened in 1923 and is one of eight depots on the Yarra Trams network.[1][2][3]
When the Public Transport Corporation was privatised in August 1999, Glenhuntly depot passed to M>Tram.[1][4] It passed to Yarra Trams when it took control of the entire tram network in April 2004.[5]
Layout
The main yard has 12 roads, six of these inside a maintenance shed. A single, double-track entrance exists, one for trams entering the depot and the other for trams leaving the depot.[1]
Rolling stock
As of May 2024, the depot has an allocation of 50 trams: 41 B2 Class and 9 Z3 Class.[1]
Routes
The following routes are operated from Glenhuntly depot:
: Melbourne University to East Malvern[6]
: Melbourne University to Brighton East[7]
: Melbourne University to Carnegie[8]- Until 30 April 2017, Route 78 was operated out of Glenhuntly depot when it was transferred back to Kew depot to allow more B2 class trams to be operated from here.
References
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