Tempe Bus Depot
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|location = Cnr Princes Highway & Gannon St, Tempe
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|owner = Transport for NSW
|operator = Transit Systems
|depotcode = T
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|opened = 15 September 1912
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Tempe Bus Depot (formerly Tempe Tram Depot) is a bus depot in the Sydney suburb of Tempe. It is currently operated by Transit Systems. The depot survived the closure of Sydney's former tram network and provided storage for the buses that replaced the trams.
History
Tempe Tram Depot opened on 15 September 1912 as an eighteen road depot on the corner of the Princes Highway and Gannon Street, Tempe. It served the Cooks River, Marrickville and Dulwich Hill lines.{{cite book|last=Keenan|first=David|title=Tramways of Sydney|year=1979|publisher=Transit Press|location=Sans Souci|isbn=0-909338-02-7|page=18}}
It closed on 20 November 1954 to become a bus depot, that in turn closed in January 1992."Tempe Depot closes" Fleetline issue 200 March 1992 page 52 The tramshed and outlying offices were leased in 1986 to the Sydney Bus Museum, formally opening in April 1988."Tempe Topics" Fleetline issue 156 July 1988 page 164 The forecourt was used to store withdrawn State Transit buses.
The Sydney Bus Museum relocated to Leichhardt in 2010, with the depot refurbished and reopened as a bus depot for Metrobus vehicles in 2010 but was subsequently also used for other buses.{{cite web|last=Marrickville Council|title=Tempe Bus Depot, 745-763 Princes Highway and 1A and 1B Gannon Street, Tempe|url=http://www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au/BridgeDownload/ITEM+10+-+TEMPE+BUS+DEPORT,+745-763+PRINCES+HIGHWAY+AND+1A+AND+1B+GANNON+STREET,+TEMPE+-+WEB+VERSION.PDF?s=920594199,docID=40436.13}}{{cite web|last=State Transit Authority|title=Statement of Environment Effects|url=http://www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au/edrawer/Files/748736827/TRIM_TR_REC_1362746.PDF}}[http://www.sydneybuses.info/publications/0809_AnnualReport.pdf Annual Report Year Ended 30 June 2009] State Transit Authority As part of the contracting out of region 6, operation of Tempe depot passed from State Transit to Transit Systems on 1 July 2018.[http://stayinformed.transport.nsw.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Andrew-Constance-med-rel-Transit-Systems-boosts-Inner-West-bus-services-1.pdf Transit Systems Boosts Inner West Bus Services] Minister for Transport 13 February 2018
As of January 2025, it has an allocation of 97 buses.[http://fleetlists.busaustralia.com/tsa.php?search=TSA&depotreq=Tempe Transit Systems Sydney - Tempe] Australian Bus Fleet Lists
Design
The front elevation of the depot carries the wall beyond the ridges of the saw tooth roofs and the parapet line is broken by a centered gable and engaged piers.{{cite web|title=Comparative Analysis|url=http://development.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Datasource/DANotifications/1108169_009.pdf|publisher=City of Sydney}} As a tram depot its design had:
- 18 tracks
- Decorative front parapet with centred pediment
- Brick panelled side walls
- Roof orientation to south
Gallery
Image:Tempe Tram Depot Traffic Offices.jpg|Depot offices
Image:Tempe Tram Depot Traffic Office.jpg|Traffic office
Image:Tempe Tram Depot Interior.jpg|Tram depot shed interior
Image:Tempe Tram Depot Shed Entrance.jpg|Decorative front parapet with centred pediment
Image:Tempe Tram Depot Rear.jpg|Tram depot shed rear
Image:Tempe Tram Depot Shed.jpg|Tram depot shed
References
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