Maidstone tram depot

Maidstone tram depot
	Construction of the future depot entrance in September 2023
Location
Location	Corner Hampstead & Williamson Roads, Maidstone
Characteristics
Owner	VicTrack
Operator	Yarra Trams
Rolling stock	G class
Routes served	57, 59, 82
History
Opened	2025 (expected)

Maidstone tram depot is a future depot on the Yarra Trams network in Melbourne. To be built off Hampstead Road near the corner of Williamson Road, Maidstone, it will be the home depot for the G class trams and was the site of the former Maribyrnong Migrant Hostel.

The project will involve building a spur pair of tracks west on Williamson Road from tram route 82 to turn South into Hampstead Road and then turn west into the new facility.

History

As part of the tram depot construction, Hampstead Road will be widened between the depot entrance and Williamson Road

In 2021, the Department of Transport announced that a new depot would be built on a former Victoria University site on the corner of Hampstead and Williamson Roads, Maidstone as the home depot for the G class trams.[1][2][3]

Construction of the new depot began in 2023 and will be complete in 2025.[4]

Routes

The following routes will be operated from Maidstone depot when open:[4]

57: West Maribyrnong to City (Elizabeth Street)
59: Airport West to City (Elizabeth Street)
82: Moonee Ponds Junction to Footscray

References

"Maidstone home for Next Generation Trams | Department of Transport". Department of Transport. 25 November 2021. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
Dmytryshchak, Goya (3 February 2022). "Tram depot to be built at Maidstone". Star Weekly. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
New tram depot for Maidstone Railway Digest January 2022 page 26
"Designs for Maidstone's new tram facility released - Community update – April 2023". Department of Transport and Planning. April 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

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[1] "Maidstone home for Next Generation Trams | Department of Transport". Department of Transport. 25 November 2021. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

[2] Dmytryshchak, Goya (3 February 2022). "Tram depot to be built at Maidstone". Star Weekly. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

[3] New tram depot for Maidstone Railway Digest January 2022 page 26

[april2023update-4] "Designs for Maidstone's new tram facility released - Community update – April 2023". Department of Transport and Planning. April 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.