Waverley Bus Depot

Waverley Bus Depot is a bus depot in the Sydney suburb of Bondi Junction operated by State Transit.

Waverley Bus Depot
Location
LocationCnr Oxford St & York Rd, Bondi Junction
Coordinates33°53′26″S 151°14′33″E
Characteristics
Owner(s)Transport for NSW
Operator(s)State Transit
Depot code(s)W
History
Opened7 September 1902

History

Waverley Tram Depot opened on 7 September 1902 as a seventeen road depot on the corner of Oxford Street and York Road, Bondi Junction. It provided trams that operated the Bondi and Bronte routes.[1]

The depot closed on 27 June 1959 for conversion a to bus depot. Today only the southern section of the car shed remains, the northern section having been demolished. It remains in use as State Transit's Waverley depot.

As of December 2020, it has an allocation of 167 buses.[2]

Design

The side elevations looking west to Centennial Park were designed with stepped Dutch gables with circular ventilation openings.[3] Including:

  • 17 tracks
  • brick gabled parapet
  • brick stepped style gables, with circular vents
  • Roof orientation to south

References

  1. Keenan, David (1979). Tramways of Sydney. Sans Souci: Transit Press. p. 18. ISBN 0 909338 02 7.
  2. State Transit Authority - Waverley Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  3. "Comparative Analysis" (PDF). City of Sydney.
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