RE: Newtown Tram Depot Sydney WAS: Same tram destinations used in different cities

-----Original Message-----
From: jamescng [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 12:11 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Newtown Tram Depot Sydney WAS: Same tram destinations used in different cities

My office is in Newtown on Erskineville Road, everyday i walk pass the former entrance to the Newtown tramway depot, to my amazement, the track and some points at the entry road to the depot are still in situ. To those who leave in sydney would know, road surface of King street on Newtown bridge is quite poor, i wonder if the old rather extensive tramway junction at Enmore Road, King street and the connecting tracks into the depot are still there?

Cheers
James :-)

--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "Roy Winslow" <rwinslow@b...> wrote:
> The terminus that is still largely in situ is actually the truncated
> terminus established in 1966 to allow room for the express bus service to
> terminate. The original terminus was at Mayfield Road and was provided with
> an equalateral single track terminus. The 'new' terminus track was the down
> line, with the up line cut to swing into the down track. Therefore when you
> look at the trackwork still remaining in the concrete underneath parked
> cars, you will see a small length of isolated up track. I have a number of
> photos of the second terminus, but does anyone have photos showing the
> original one?
>
> I last saw the site in 1990, but presume little has changed as the traffic
> islands and carparking bumpers had already been installed by this time. I
> will try to pull out some photos of the track from 1990 and post on this
> site ASAP...
>
> Roy
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: David Brown [mailto:z_class@y...]
>   Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 11:33 AM
>   To: TramsDownUnder@y...
>   Subject: RE: [TramsDownUnder] Same tram destinations used in different
> cities
>
>
>   --- Roy Winslow <rwinslow@b...> wrote:
>   > There was a 'Belmont' line in both Brisbane and
>   > Geelong, although the
>   > Brisbane variety actually terminated in the suburb
>   > of Carina....
>
>
>   The route number of the Belmont service was 06, and
>   the terminus and about two kilometers of reservation
>   in Old Cleveland Rd still exist, though the BCC has
>   placed traffic islands across the tracks at certain
>   intersections. The cityxpress bus stop in Old
>   Cleveland Rd opposite the tram terminus is named
>   Carina. There is a branch of the BCC library in
>   Mayfield St, a couple of hundred metres down the hill
>   from the shops, which has an excellent photo of a FM
>   car at the terminus on display.
>
>   Dave in Brisbane.
>
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