Manly Tram Depot

Manly Tram Depot

Manly Tram System
Operation
Locale	Cnr Balgowlah & Pittwater Roads, Manly
Open	1903
Close	30 September 1939
Operator(s)	New South Wales Tramways
Infrastructure
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Depot(s)	Manly Tram Depot

Manly Tram Depot was part of the Sydney tram network.

History

Tram crossing The Spit on a punt

Manly Depot served the isolated Manly lines. It opened in 1903, being rebuilt in 1911 for electric trams. It closed along with the network on 30 September 1939.^[1] The tram sheds were demolished while the electric tram sheds were modified for use as a bus depot and subsequently adapted for commercial use being a car dealership and later retail markets.

Design

The depot had a steel frame with a saw tooth roof covering five roads with the tramcars having to enter the new shed through the old steam tram sheds, which were timber framed and clad in corrugated iron. Design included:^[2]

• 5 tracks
• Curtailed parapet
• East facade altered, north and south elevations reclad
• Roof orientation to south

Operations

The depot served the isolated Manly lines with services to Harbord, Narrabeen and The Spit.^[3]

Gallery

• 
  Depot c.1920
• 
  Depot c.1941
• 
  Depot c.1941
• 
  Depot c.1959
• 
  Manly Tramway Depot
• 
  Pittwater Road c.1940
• 
  Depot becomes Mitsubishi Motors Dealer

References

1. Keenan, David (1979). Tramways of Sydney. Sans Souci: Transit Press. p. 18. ISBN 0 909338 02 7.
2. "Comparative Analysis" (PDF). City of Sydney.
3. MacGowan, Ian (1990). The Tramways of New South Wales. Oakleigh: Ian MacGowan. ISBN 0 949600 25 3.