Preston Workshops is the heavy maintenance facility for the Melbourne tram network. The workshop is located on a block surrounded by Miller Street, St...
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June 2015, being housed at East Preston tram depot. The Depot was changed to the recently upgraded Preston Workshops in April 2016. In November 2016,...
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spanning 12 sub-classes were constructed, the majority at the MMTB's Preston Workshops. A small fleet continue to operate on the tramway network of Melbourne...
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prototype be constructed, the result was PCC 1041 being built at Preston Workshops. It was 'European in appearance' and utilised some components bought...
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tram line to the Melbourne central business district in 1920. The Preston Workshops would later be built in 1925 by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways...
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stages. On 28 June 1927, the line from Gilbert Road (near Stop 37) and Preston Workshops was duplicated. A few months later on 22 August 1927, this was further...
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1923 the iconic W-class tram and phased out the other models. The Preston Workshops were constructed about this time to manufacture and maintain the new...
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of November 2017, both B1-Class trams were in long-term storage at Preston Workshops after its final run around Melbourne on the 12 November 2017. B1.2001...
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Eveleigh Railway Workshops, Sydney, NSW Meadowbank Manufacturing Company, Sydney, NSW Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board, Preston Workshops, Victoria....
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and the main factory was moved to Granville, after a fire in the main workshop. The Government of Australia took control of the company during World War...
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