Glenhuntly tram depot is located on

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, Caulfield South, a suburb of

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, Australia. Operated by

Yarra Trams Yarra Trams is the trading name of the operator of the tram network in Melbourne, Australia, which is owned by VicTrack and leased to Yarra Trams by the Victorian Department of Transport. The current franchise is operated by Keolis Downer. ...

, it is one of eight tram depots on the

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History

Glenhuntly tram depot opened in 1923 and is one of eight depots on the

network. When the

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was privatised in August 1999, Essendon depot passed to M>Tram. It passed to

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

Layout

The main yard has 12 roads, six of these inside a maintenance shed. A single, double-track entrance exists, one for trams entering the depot and the other for trams leaving the depot.

Rolling stock

, the depot had an allocation of 49 trams: 4 A1 Class, 26 B2 Class and 19 Z3 Class.

Routes

The following routes are operated from Glenhuntly depot: * 3:

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(weekdays) * 3a: Melbourne University to Malvern East via St Kilda (weekends & public holidays) * 64: Melbourne University to

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* 67: Melbourne University to Carnegie *Until 30 April 2017

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was operated from Glenhuntly Depot when it was transferred back to

Kew tram depot Kew tram depot is located on the corner of Barkers Road and High Street, Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Operated by Yarra Trams, it is one of eight tram depots on the Melbourne tram network. History Kew tram depot opened on 8 May 1915. ...

to allow more B2 class trams to be operated from here.

References

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