Essendon tram depot is located on

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, a suburb of

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, Australia. Operated by

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, it is one of eight tram depots on the

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. Despite the name, the depot is located three kilometres from the suburb of

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History

The Essendon tram depot was opened in 1906 by the

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. It passed with the company to the

Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board The Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) was a government-owned authority that was responsible for the tram network in Melbourne, Australia between 1919 and 1983, when it was merged into the Metropolitan Transit Authority. It had bee ...

on 1 August 1922. When the

Public Transport Corporation The Public Transport Corporation (PTC) was a Victoria State Government owned statutory authority formed under the Transport Act 1983 which operated passenger and freight trains, trams and bus services. The PTC was also responsible for directly ...

was privatised in August 1999, Essendon depot passed to

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. It passed to

when it took control of the entire tram network in April 2004.

Layout

Essendon depot has 24 roads, 18 of which are covered in three sheds, the remaining six are in the open to the north of the sheds. It has access from

in both directions, and also features facilities for heavy maintenance.

Rolling stock

As at December 2019, the depot had an allocation of 73 trams: 44 B2 Class and 29 Z3 Class.

Routes

The following routes are operated from Essendon depot: * 57: West Maribyrnong to

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( Elizabeth Street) * 58: Coburg West to Toorak shared with Southbank depot * 59:

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( Elizabeth Street) * 82:

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to Footscray

References

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