Claisebrook railway depot

Claisebrook railway depot
Location
Location Kensington Street, East Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°56′57″S 115°52′28″E
Characteristics
Operator Public Transport Authority
Type Cleaning, storage, maintenance, upgrades and repairs
Rolling stock Transperth A-series, Transperth B-series, and Transwa Australind railcars
Routes served 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.

In the 1940s, Claisebrook road depot referred to the then tramway depot adjoining the railway property in East Perth and much earlier in the 1860s the term Claisebrook depot referred to the convict depot.

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

Claisebrook railway depot has facilities to store, maintain and clean a large fleet of railcars.

A-series trains stored at the Claisebrook railway depot.