Waverley Bus Depot

Waverley Bus Depot
Location
LocationCnr Oxford St & York Rd, Bondi Junction
Coordinates33°53′26″S 151°14′33″E / 33.8906781°S 151.2424359°E / -33.8906781; 151.2424359
Characteristics
OwnerTransport for NSW
OperatorTransdev John Holland
Depot codeW
History
Opened7 September 1902

Waverley Bus Depot is a bus depot in the Sydney suburb of Bondi Junction operated by Transdev John Holland.

History

Waverley Tram Depot opened on 7 September 1902 as a seventeen road depot on the corner of Oxford Street and York Road, Bondi Junction. It provided trams that operated the Bondi and Bronte routes.[1]

The depot closed on 27 June 1959 for conversion a to bus depot. Today only the southern section of the car shed remains, the northern section having been demolished.

As part of the contracting out of Sydney Bus Region 9, operation of Waverley depot passed from State Transit to Transdev John Holland on 2 April 2022.[2]

As of June 2024, it has an allocation of 167 buses.[3]

Design

The side elevations looking west to Centennial Park were designed with stepped Dutch gables with circular ventilation openings.[4] Including:

  • 17 tracks
  • brick gabled parapet
  • brick stepped style gables, with circular vents
  • Roof orientation to south
  • Interior view c.1959
    Interior view c.1959
  • Stepped style gables, with circular vents
    Stepped style gables, with circular vents
  • Circular vent detail
    Circular vent detail
  • Northern section of the depot now in use by State Transit
    Northern section of the depot now in use by State Transit

References

  1. ^ Keenan, David (1979). Tramways of Sydney. Sans Souci: Transit Press. p. 18. ISBN 0-909338-02-7.
  2. ^ Sydney Region 9 bus contract secured: John Holland-Transdev Australasian Bus & Coach 26 November 2021
  3. ^ State Transit Authority - Waverley Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  4. ^ "Comparative Analysis" (PDF). City of Sydney.