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Maidstone tram depot

Maidstone tram depot

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Maidstone tram depot is a future depot on the Yarra Trams network in Melbourne. As of March 2024 it is under construction on Hampstead Road, Maidstone near the intersection with Williamson Road, on part of the site of the former Student Village (before that the Maribyrnong Migrant Hostel). The Maidstone depot will be home for the new G-class trams.

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The project will involve building a spur pair of tracks on Williamson Road from tram route 82 which will then turn left onto Hampstead Road before they turn right into the new depot.

History

As part of the tram depot construction, Hampstead Road will be widened between the depot entrance and Williamson Road

In 2021, the Department of Transport announced that a new depot would be built on part of the former Victoria University site on Hampstead Road, Maidstone as the home depot for the new G-class trams.[1][2][3]

Construction of the new depot began in 2023 and will be complete in 2025.[4]

Routes

Trams from the following routes will be stabled and maintained at the Maidstone depot: [4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Maidstone home for Next Generation Trams | Department of Transport". Department of Transport. 25 November 2021. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  2. [2]
    Dmytryshchak, Goya (3 February 2022). "Tram depot to be built at Maidstone". Star Weekly. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  3. [3]
    New tram depot for Maidstone Railway Digest January 2022 page 26
  4. [4]
    "Designs for Maidstone's new tram facility released - Community update – April 2023". Department of Transport and Planning. April 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2024.

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