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C2 class Melbourne tram
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Alstom· class of trams built by Alstom, in service in Melbourne
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. C2.5123 bourke, 2014: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Melbourne-C2-class-tram-Mulhouse: Marcus Wong Wongm· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The C2 class trams are five-section Alstom Citadis 302 trams built in La Rochelle, France that operate on the Melbourne tram network. They were built for the tram network in Mulhouse, France, but being surplus to Mulhouse demands, were leased to use in Melbourne in 2008, later being purchased by the Government of Victoria. The trams operate solely on route 96.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- 480 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 32.5 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 150: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 5
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Transport Victoria – Trams
- top speed
- —
- power
- 480 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′+0+2′+0+Bo′
- length
- 32.5 m
- weight
- 40 t
- capacity
- 150 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5007726, Wikipedia: C2 class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.