Eveleigh Carriage Workshops

33°53′39″S 151°11′30″E / 33.8942°S 151.1916°E / -33.8942; 151.1916IndustryRailwayArealocated within the 51-hectare (130-acre) Eveleigh ComplexDefunctClosed in 1989 (1989) and repurposed as Carriageworks and other uses

The Eveleigh Carriage Workshops were built by the New South Wales Government Railways in 1888 as a depot for its passenger carriage fleet. The workshops are located west of what is now Redfern station on the northern side of the Main Suburban railway line opposite the heritage-listed Eveleigh Railway Workshops.[1]

The repair and heavy maintenance of both Sydney suburban and long-distance carriages were undertaken on site between 1888 until its closure in 1989. In 1986 the workshop was upgraded to refurbish single-deck suburban carriages.[2] Following this program ceasing the works closed in September 1989 after which it was used to store redundant carriages and to remove asbestos from locomotives and carriages.[3][4][5]

The western end of the site has been redeveloped as the Carriageworks theatre while the eastern end houses some of Transport for NSW's heritage fleet.[6][7]

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References

  1. ^ "Eveleigh Railway Workshops". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. Retrieved 5 September 2017. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  2. ^ "Eveleigh Carriage Works Upgrading". Railway Digest: 303. October 1986.
  3. ^ "Rolling Stock". Railway Digest: 26. January 1990.
  4. ^ "Old trains parked in old sidings". Railway Digest: 48. February 1992.
  5. ^ "3801 Progress Report". Railway Digest: 42. March 1999.
  6. ^ Carriageworks Carriageworks
  7. ^ RailCorp S170 Heritage and Conservation Register RailCorp