Mortdale Maintenance Depot
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Mortdale |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | RailCorp |
| Operator | Sydney Trains |
| Roads | 11 |
| Rolling stock | T sets |
| History | |
| Opened | 1925 |
The Mortdale maintenance depot is a Sydney Trains train depot in the southern Sydney suburb of Mortdale.
Description
The depot features nine roads under the main shed (numbered 1-3 and 5-10), two elevated outdoor roads (numbered 11 and 12), a train washing facility and several short outdoor storage sidings. The depot is responsible for the stabling and maintenance of all the Tangara trains on the Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line and South Coast Line local services. Waratahs will be based at the depot from 2018.[1]
History
The depot opened in 1925 and was one of four electric train depots built under the Bradfield electrification plan, the other depots being at Hornsby, Flemington, and Punchbowl.[2]
Following the opening of the Eastern Suburbs line in 1979, Mortdale became the first all double deck depot only having S sets allocated. The last S set was withdrawn from Mortdale in April 2013.
References
- ^ "Fleet update - June 2017" (PDF). Transport for NSW. June 2017. p. 3. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ First Stop Central Keenan, David R & Clark, Howard R Australian Electric Traction Association 1963