Southbank tram depot

Entry to the depot, looking back to the city

Southbank Tram Depot is located in Southbank, a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is one of 8 depots operated in the Yarra Trams network. The depot was opened in March 1997 on the site of the former Montague shipping shed, and replaced the now-demolished South Melbourne tram depot.

Layout

The main yard has 9 roads, 2 of these inside a maintenance shed. There are also 2 stabling roads for the 3 Colonial Tramcar Restaurant cars, which also operate from this depot. Two entrances exist - namely East Gate and West Gate.

Services

Southbank Depot hosts a variety of trams, including 21 W-Class trams, 6 A-Class trams, 5 C2-Class trams and 19 D2-Class trams, a total of 51. Servicing of Z3-Class trams from other depots is performed at Southbank, however these trams are not used on Southbank routes.

• Route 30 - Docklands to St Vincents Plaza
• Route 35 - City Circle
• Route 96 - St Kilda Beach to East Brunswick (runs along former St Kilda railway line)
• Route 112 - St Kilda/South Melbourne Beach to West Preston (shared with East Preston Depot)
• Numerous football, cricket, concert or other special event services which run as required.

The depot is also home to Revenue Protection Officers (R.P.O.) and Customer Service Employees (C.S.E.), some of which started working under the Public Transport Corporation (P.T.C.) as conductors.

References

• "VICSIG - Southbank Depot". www.vicsig.net. http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=trams&depot=southbank. Retrieved 2008-08-27.