The Electric Carriage Workshops, often abbreviated to Elcar, was the principal maintenance centre for the New South Wales Government Railways electric multiple unit fleet. Construction commenced in 1922, coinciding with the electrification of the Sydney network. It was located within the Chullora Railway Workshops complex on a 106-hectare (260-acre) site.[1] It was not electrified until 1939 requiring carriages to be hauled to and from the works by steam locomotive.[2]
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Muir Road, Chullora |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | State Rail Authority |
| Operator | CityRail |
| History | |
| Opened | 1920s |
| Closed | 1994 |
Elcar had a railway station that was served by worker's trains at shift changeover times.[3]
It closed in March 1994, when maintenance of CityRail's electric fleet was taken over by UGL Rail's Maintrain facility at Auburn.[4] The site has been redeveloped as the Chullora Resource Recovery Park.[5]
References
edit- ^ Chullora Railway Workshops NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ Oakes, John (2001). Sydney's Forgotten Goods Railways. Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 85–87. ISBN 0 909650 54 3.
- ^ Elcar NSWrail.net
- ^ "Goninan's Maintrain Centre Officially Opened" Railway Digest May 1994 page 9
- ^ Chullora Resource Recovery Park Sita Australia