RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 7, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2014 Hi all Following on from some posts in other topics I wondered whether it might be useful to have Links/Photographs/Google Map references for old tram depots that you know are still around and maybe any infrastructure - tracks poles etc. (Rather like the "Ghosts in the Machine" railway topic) I'll re-post the ones I listed again Carlisle:https://maps.google....p=12,46.63,,0,0 Moseley Road, Birmingham: https://maps.google....p=12,72.59,,0,0 Selly Oak: https://maps.google....=12,266.92,,0,0 Aston Manor still with name clearly visible: https://maps.google....,24.93,,0,-6.71 Miller Street:https://maps.google....,226.72,,0,15.2 Highgate Road:https://maps.google....=12,241.84,,0,0 Coventry Road/Arthur Street (also housed some of the City's Trolley bus fleet!):https://maps.google....2,199.9,,0,9.88 Please feel free to add any you know of Cheers Keith 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) There's a bit left of Hillsborough, Sheffield http://goo.gl/maps/JdkPI And the shed of Chesterfield http://goo.gl/maps/r6H8v Edited March 7, 2014 by Talltim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I don't have enough access here at work for map ref etc, but the old Cambridge depot on East Road is still there. After many years dereliction it was restored a few years back as a fancy pub. Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) And also in S Yorks, Rotherham tram sheds by the canal, now AMA warehousing at http://goo.gl/maps/iWWfI Here in 2009: and here trying to be arty in 2013: Edited March 7, 2014 by eastwestdivide 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) Fulwell Bus Garage in SW London. Just round the corner from where I was brought up. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fulwell_Bus_Garage.JPG https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Fulwell+Garage/@51.434831,-0.3508133,353m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xdcffdb192b1f4043 Edited March 7, 2014 by kintbury jon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted March 7, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) South Shields - Dean Road, but I haven't been there for a few years but am going back next week! https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl Edited March 7, 2014 by New Haven Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Queens Road Bus Depot, Manchester. Also being used as a Bus Museum 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLD Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) There's a bit left of Hillsborough, Sheffieldhttp://goo.gl/maps/JdkPIAnd still has trams running past it... The target is to photograph 120 the heritage liveried Supertram passing it but it never seems to be on the blue route whenever I'm in Sheffield. Edited March 7, 2014 by PLD 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Very good topic, Keith - has prompted me to re-evaluate a couple of heritage sites nearish to me. Walthamstow, London E17 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-206965-walthamstow-tramway-and-offices-and-depo - depot converted for trolleybuses and later bus garage (demolished), but tramway offices remain. Former Lea Bridge Tramway Depot, 38-40 Upper Clapton Road, London E5 http://hackneybuildings.org/items/show/19867 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Nottingham Parliament Street - a few rails just about visible here I think. They're moving out to a new site soon. A smaller tram depot in Nottingham - now appears to be a Wetherspoons Paignton - number of times I stayed nearby on holiday and never knew about this one! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted March 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2014 Horwich, just along from the site of the old loco works http://www.flickr.com/photos/57603506@N00/4722405374 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Devil Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Ashton under Lyne, tram, trolley bus and bus shed is still there http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/blogimages/aul829bl.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Coplawhill works in Glasgow: http://www.transportheritage.com/find-heritage-locations.html?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=128&sobi2Id=793 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted March 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2014 The Hythe (Kent) to Sandgate Horse Tramway Stables at Hythe (opposite the Red Lion pub) are just about visible after a fire destroyed the building in front of the stables a few years ago. Sorry, but not sussed out how to google maps links.....maybe someone can help? Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) Part of East Hams Tram Depot in Nelson Street, East Ham, London. E6, still exists. Now in the London Borough of Newham, East Ham’s tram depot is a Grade 2 listed building. This Edwardian building was partially renovated for reuse in the 1990s, as part of the leisure centre within Newham’s Town Hall (ex-East Ham Town Hall), complex. An image of a tram system in its heyday is engraved on to one of the leisure centre walls. See towards the left of the photo below. Edited March 7, 2014 by andytrains 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted March 7, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) Plymouth Corparation Tram sheds at Milenouse are still extent at the moment, but although listed I believe that they are likely to be demolished in the not to distant future due to neglect although still in use for other purposes. Bits of 3ft 6ins track are still visible in one or two places. If I remember on the way home from work next week I'll take a photo or two on me phone. SS edit for spelling Edited March 8, 2014 by Siberian Snooper 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cornelius Posted March 7, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2014 Pretty sure this bar on Corsica St just off Highbury Corner is an ex-tram depot. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.546229,-0.102066,3a,75y,67.61h,79.27t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1soPrGRB1kkP3Kc4IUzg9-lw!2e0 When I lived in the area it was called the Tramshed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Road Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I will throw in Prestwick Road in Ayr.... Can't give map ref or pic but if anyone is interested I will try to get a photo in the next few days . M b Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Savoyard Posted March 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2014 "Queens Road Bus Depot, Manchester. Also being used as a Bus Museum" Queens Road Bus Depot was the tram depot, in fact the first Electric tram depot for Manchester Copration Tramways. It is now owned by First. The Bus Museum was never a tram depot it was open as bus depot for the new motor buses, it is the venue for MRX on 17/18th May. Hyde Road Depot, now Stagecoach Manchester was a tram depot and later a trolleybus depot. Hyde Road Car Works still exists but I am not sure who owns it now, I think it may be the council. Oldham Depot, now First, was a tram depot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 A smaller tram depot in Nottingham - now appears to be a Wetherspoons That was Sherwood Depot Still also in use is the Trent Bridge Depot https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bunbury+Street,+Nottingham&aq=0&oq=bunbury+strreet&sll=52.938345,-1.140797&sspn=0.007927,0.021136&vpsrc=0&gl=uk&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bunbury+St,+Nottingham,+United+Kingdom&ll=52.938345,-1.140797&spn=0.007876,0.021136&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=52.938623,-1.141109&panoid=ZpqsiH-oDe11iD8U3Co6fg&cbp=12,202.14,,0,0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 "Queens Road Bus Depot, Manchester. Also being used as a Bus Museum" Queens Road Bus Depot was the tram depot, in fact the first Electric tram depot for Manchester Copration Tramways. It is now owned by First. The Bus Museum was never a tram depot it was open as bus depot for the new motor buses, it is the venue for MRX on 17/18th May. Hyde Road Depot, now Stagecoach Manchester was a tram depot and later a trolleybus depot. Hyde Road Car Works still exists but I am not sure who owns it now, I think it may be the council. Oldham Depot, now First, was a tram depot. The clock tower is all that now remains of East Didsbury tram depot: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=East+Didsbury&hl=en&ll=53.410726,-2.219436&spn=0.000468,0.001321&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=7.767092,21.643066&t=h&hnear=East+Didsbury&z=20&layer=c&cbll=53.410726,-2.219436&panoid=yQu_0DPkc4IqXd8E-ayRxA&cbp=12,350.01,,0,-10.78 Even less now remains of Reading tram depot - only this plaque now built into the wall of the cinema now occupying the site: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Reading&hl=en&ll=51.452875,-0.968995&spn=0.000346,0.00066&sll=53.410726,-2.219436&sspn=0.000471,0.001321&t=h&hnear=Reading,+United+Kingdom&z=21&layer=c&cbll=51.452875,-0.968995&panoid=ac4xgavDY19-lMpGK_jQmw&cbp=12,317.56,,2,-11.76 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2014 how about johnstown, near wrexham http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/403323/images/DS2005_002_001.jpg 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) Derby. http://www.geolocation.ws/v/E/3645074/osmaston-road-tram-depot/en Also http://www.geolocation.ws/v/E/3218993/derby-city-council-highways-depot/en Mike. Edited March 7, 2014 by Enterprisingwestern Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 7, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) Here is a bit of track in Rednal which was the terminus for "A day out in the Lickeys" in times past. It's double track and they converge at the far end. http://goo.gl/maps/s59bL There used to be a large loop and covered stops where the trams would queue for the return journey. The building adjacent to the track (Now the Lai Ling Chinese Restaurant) was also part of the facilities here - It was the toilet block! Keith Edit for new link Edited February 13, 2015 by melmerby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Here's Lowestoft in Suffolk still very much intact 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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