Eveleigh Carriage Workshops

Eveleigh Carriage Workshops
Location in Greater Sydney
Built	1888 (1888)
Operated	1889 (1889)–1989 (1989)
Location	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°53′39″S 151°11′30″E / 33.8942°S 151.1916°E / -33.8942; 151.1916
Industry	Railway
Area	located within the 51-hectare (130-acre) Eveleigh Complex
Defunct	Closed in 1989 (1989) and repurposed as Carriageworks and other uses

The Eveleigh Carriage Workshops were built by the New South Wales Government Railways in 1888 as a depot for its passenger carriage fleet. The workshops are located west of what is now Redfern station on the northern side of the Main Suburban railway line opposite the heritage-listed Eveleigh Railway Workshops.^[1]

The repair and heavy maintenance of both Sydney suburban and long-distance carriages were undertaken on site between 1888 until its closure in 1989. In 1986 the workshop was upgraded to refurbish single-deck suburban carriages.^[2] Following this program ceasing the works closed in September 1989 after which it was used to store redundant carriages and to remove asbestos from locomotives and carriages.^[3][4][5]

The western end of the site has been redeveloped as the Carriageworks theatre while the eastern end houses some of Transport for NSW's heritage fleet.^[6][7]

• Rail transport in New South Wales