Construction has officially begun on Sydney’s first purpose-built electric bus depot, which will be capable of charging 150 battery electric buses.
The $145 million Macquarie Park depot won’t be Sydney’s first bus depot capable of charging and operating electric buses, but it will be the first that has been designed from the ground up specifically for the purpose.
The depot is being jointly funded by the state and federal governments and will be built by New Zealand civil engineering firm Fulton Hogan, and feature both standard 75 kilowatt (kW) and fast 150 kW plug-in chargers, and will employ 160 staff including drivers, maintenance workers, and administration personnel.
Fulton Hogan began work on the Talavera Road site at Macquarie Park this week, with the depot to be completed and operational some time in 2028.
“The sight of shovels going into the ground at Macquarie Park is a major step on the path to transitioning our very large NSW bus fleet to the cleaner, quieter, smoother ride of electric buses,” said John Graham, NSW minister for transport.
“The buses that charge up here will be a welcome addition for passengers from Parramatta to Ryde and highly bus dependent suburbs across Sydney’s northwest and lower north shore.
“The electric bus transformation is providing welcome local jobs in the construction phase and in the transport sector once this high-tech depot is operational.”
Sydney’s 11 other bus depots are steadily being fitted out with the charging infrastructure necessary to facilitate NSW’s goal of transitioning its 8,000-strong diesel and gas bus fleet to electric over the next two decades.
The Brookvale bus depot was the first Sydney depot to have gantry-mounted fast-charging stations installed in September 2025.
