Claisebrook railway depot explained

Claisebrook railway depot
Location:Kensington Street, East Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates:-31.9491°N 115.8745°W
Operator:Public Transport Authority
Type:Cleaning, storage, maintenance, upgrades and repairs
Roads:18[1]
Rollingstock:Transperth A-series, Transperth B-series, and Transwa Australind railcars
Routes: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 Joondalup lines.[2]

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;

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manual – Rail Access . Public Transport Authority . 19 August 2022 . 1 April 2024 . 1 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220901093331/https://www.pta.wa.gov.au/Portals/15/AA_DOCUMENTS/About_us/Working%20with%20PTA/Safety%20resources/8800-400-001%20-%20Manual%20-%20Rail%20Access%20(RAM).pdf . live .
  2. 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 . 1969-05-28 . Photograph . Aerial Surveys Australia . State Library of Western Australia . Aerial Surveys Australia collection of aerial photographs of Western Australia ; BA1475/12050 . 2020-07-03 .
  3. News: Tramway men to be charged. . . Perth . 7 August 1948 . 3 November 2012 . 9 Edition: FIRST . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: Perth Gazette & W. A. Times. . . 1 November 1867 . 3 November 2012 . 2 . National Library of Australia.