Claisebrook railway depot

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Claisebrook railway depot
Location
LocationKensington Street, East Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°56′57″S115°52′28″E / 31.9491237°S 115.8744989°E / -31.9491237; 115.8744989
Characteristics
Operator Public Transport Authority
TypeCleaning, storage, maintenance, upgrades and repairs
Roads18 [1]
Rolling stock Transperth A-series, Transperth B-series, and Transwa Australind railcars
Routes served Airport, Armadale, Fremantle, Midland, and Thornlie lines

Claisebrook railway depot (also known as Claisebrook railcar depot) is a Transperth depot adjacent to Claisebrook station, at 122 Kensington Street, East Perth. When trains leave this depot, they connect with the Midland, Fremantle, Armadale, Thornlie, and Yanchep lines. [2]

Contents

In the 1940s, Claisebrook road depot referred to the then tramway depot adjoining the railway property in East Perth [3] and much earlier in the 1860s the term Claisebrook depot referred to the convict depot. [4]

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 cannot be done at Mandurah or Nowergup at any time and for events such as the Australian Football League games on weekends at Perth Stadium and also for the Airport trains on the Airport Line. The depot has also recently started serving as the facility to maintain and refurbish the diesel-electric Transwa Australind railcars.

Facilities

The Claisebrook railway depot has facilities to store, maintain and clean the fleet of railcars. Including; [1]

A-series trains stored at the Claisebrook railway depot. Transperth Claisebrook Railway Depot Night.jpg
A-series trains stored at the Claisebrook railway depot.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Manual – Rail Access" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  2. Aerial Surveys Australia (28 May 1969). Aerial photograph of the Claisebrook Railcar Depot, East Perth, the footbridge behind leading to the Claisebrook Railway Station, the East Parade Road Bridge at foreground left, 28 May 1969 (Photograph). Aerial Surveys Australia collection of aerial photographs of Western Australia ; BA1475/12050. Retrieved 3 July 2020 via State Library of Western Australia.
  3. "Tramway men to be charged". The Daily News . Perth: National Library of Australia. 7 August 1948. p. 9 Edition: FIRST. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  4. "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.