Waverley Bus Depot Explained

Location:Cnr Oxford St & York Rd, Bondi Junction
Coordinates:-33.8907°N 151.2424°W
Owner:Transport for NSW
Operator:Transdev John Holland
Depotcode:W
Opened:7 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:

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Keenan, David. Tramways of Sydney. 1979. Transit Press. Sans Souci. 0-909338-02-7. 18.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20211126031934/https://www.busnews.com.au/industry-news/2111/sydney-region-9-bus-contract-secured-john-holland-transdev Sydney Region 9 bus contract secured: John Holland-Transdev
  3. http://fleetlists.busaustralia.com/sta.php?search=STA&depotreq=Waverley State Transit Authority - Waverley
  4. Web site: Comparative Analysis. City of Sydney.