Southbank Tram Depot is located in Southbank

Southbank, Victoria

Southbank is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia located direct south of the Yarra River opposite Melbourne's Hoddle Grid. The northernmost area is considered part of the Central Business District and Central Activities District of the city. Its Local Government Area are the...

, a suburb of Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 in Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

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. It is one of 8 depots operated in the Yarra Trams network. The depot was opened in March 1997 on the site of the former Montague shipping shed, and replaced the now-demolished South Melbourne tram depot.

Layout

The main yard has 9 roads, 2 of these inside a maintenance shed. There are also 2 stabling roads for the 3 Colonial Tramcar Restaurant

Colonial Tramcar Restaurant

The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant is a restaurant which operates from a converted fleet of three vintage trams in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....

 cars, which also operate from this depot. Two entrances exist - namely East Gate and West Gate.

Services

Southbank Depot hosts a variety of trams, including 21 W-Class

W class Melbourne tram

The W class is a class of electric trams that operates in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The tram model series is a cultural icon to Melbourne...

 trams, 6 A-Class trams, 5 C2-Class

C2 class Melbourne tram

The C2 class are a group of Citadis trams built by Alstom for the Mulhouse, France tram network but leased by Yarra Trams in Melbourne, Australia...

 trams and 19 D2-Class trams, a total of 51. Servicing of Z3-Class trams from other depots is performed at Southbank, however these trams are not used on Southbank routes.

• Route 30
  Melbourne tram route 30
  Tram route 30 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from St Vincents Plaza to Etihad Stadium. It only runs on weekdays, during daylight hours and is one of three fare paying routes to use heritage W class trams....
  
   - Docklands to St Vincents Plaza
• Route 35 - City Circle
• Route 96
  Melbourne tram route 96
  Melbourne tram route 96 is a public transport tram and light rail route in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.It is one of Melbourne's busiest tram route carrying 39,700 passengers a day with a frequency of every 10 minutes or less during peak...
  
   - St Kilda Beach to East Brunswick (runs along former St Kilda railway line)
• Route 112
  Melbourne tram route 112
  Tram route 112 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs from West Preston, in the northern suburbs to St Kilda.Like most tram routes in Melbourne, it falls within Metcard/myki ticketing Zone 1....
  
  - St Kilda/South Melbourne Beach to West Preston (shared with East Preston Depot)
• Numerous football, cricket, concert or other special event services which run as required.

The depot is also home to Revenue Protection Officers (R.P.O.) and Customer Service Employees (C.S.E.), some of which started working under the Public Transport Corporation (P.T.C.) as conductors.