Tempe to Leichhardt

Moving house can be pretty traumatic but moving a bus museum with about 80 vehicles some of which don't run, and literally tonnes of parts and equipment, has caused some sleepless nights for some members of the Museum. But the bullet was bitten and on May 1st 2010 the museum received permission to begin moving in.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Why move?

Sydney Bus and Truck Museum Ltd has occupied the oild Tempe Tram Sheds since 1986 under a lease from the NSW State Transit Authority. The lease expired in 2006, at a time when the STA had decided to re-open the Tempe site as a new depot for new red buses running on the Metro cross Sydney services.
A well established bus Museum filled the heritage-listed sheds which are in very poor condition. So after some head-scratching, which included the possibility of refurbishing the Tempe Sheds,the
STA management made the Museum an offer of a lease over the old Leichhardt Tram Sheds adjacent to the brand-new Leichhardt Bus Depot.

The aerial view shows the Tram Sheds at top with their distinctive saw-tooth roof. City West Link curves away to the right and Balmain Road is at the bottom LHS of the photo, following the rounded depot wall.