Tram 2153 at the station terminus. The pantograph is on the charger. It can only be used for static (stationary) charging. It can't run along wires to collect power. The overhead wires on the depot apron are only for static charging, not for running along.
Holding track beyond the station terminus tram stop. For future extension of the line, a pair of tracks will extend west from here, probably returning to Hunter St to the left in front of the buildings in the background. There is massive demolition here to build a bus interchange. When that's done it will be a fantastic multimodal interchange.
Newcastle Station concourse with the tram stop at right and tram depot in the background:
The station platforms:
Looking from a tram cab at the eastern terminus (Newcastle Beach), eastwards along Scott St towards the ocean:
The same view from outside. The old tram line used to go along this street right to the end where there was the tram depot and two large turning loops, one within the other. The larger loop came back into Scott St from the right at the corner of Telford St, just where the tram track in this photo ends.
A couple of spectacular views showing how removal of the rail line has connected Newcastle city directly to the waterfront. The old signal box indicates where the railway line was located.
From the exact centre of a tram looking towards the end. Very much a standee vehicle with people sitting on flip-up seats. There's a long, congested distance between the door shown here (one of only two double-leaf doors) to a very narrow single-leaf door up behind the driver and there's a long distance from the double door to the next one in the next module back behind the photographer. TfNSW's door-phobia strikes again.
A close-up shows a CAF problem - due to poor bogie design, the bogie seats are pushed out onto the aisle and people sitting in them block the aisle with their feet. Unlike the Sydney CAFs, there is a luggage rack on the opposite side of the aisle here. Not sure if it's actually necessary.
