Claisebrook railway depot
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kensington Street, East Perth, Western Australia |
| Characteristics | |
| Operator(s) | Transperth Trains |
| Type | Cleaning, storage, maintenance, upgrades and repairs |
| Rolling stock | Transperth A-series, Transperth B-series (occasionally), and Transwa Australind railcars (during servicing); over 50 trains stored |
| Routes served | Armadale line and Midland line |
Claisebrook railway depot (also known as Claisebrook railcar depot) is a Transperth Trains depot adjacent to Claisebrook station, at 122 Kensington Street, East Perth. When trains leave this depot, they connect with the Midland, Fremantle, Armadale, or Joondalup lines.[1]
In the 1940s, Claisebrook road depot referred to the then tramway depot adjoining the railway property in East Perth [2] and much earlier in the 1860s the term Claisebrook depot referred to the convict depot [3]
Function
The railway depot's primary purpose is to service, refurbish and upgrade Transperth's A-Series railcars. The newer B-series railcars may also be stabled at Claisebrook railway depot for work that cannont be done at Mandurah or Nowergup at any time and for events such as the Australian Football League games on weekends at Domain Stadium. The depot has also recently started serving as the facility to maintain and refurbish the diesel-electric Transwa Australind railcars.
Facilities
Claisebrook railway depot has facilities to store, maintain and clean a large fleet of railcars.
Notes
- ↑ http://innopac.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=b2428544#.UJM4UYX6Ro4 – Aerial view, railcar depot on left hand lower part of photograph
- ↑ "Tramway men to be charged.". The Daily News. Perth: National Library of Australia. 7 August 1948. p. 9 Edition: FIRST. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ↑ "Perth Gazette & W. A. Times.". The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times. National Library of Australia. 1 November 1867. p. 2. Retrieved 3 November 2012.