#6080
G class Melbourne tram
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Alstom· from 2026· planned articulated tram for Melbourne
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. G class tram number 7006 operating a route 59 service to Flinders Street Station waiting to enter Flinders Street Station terminus on the day of the first run of the G class tram in revenue service, Melbourne: Philip Mallis· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The G class Melbourne tram is a three-section articulated tram. The trams are low-floor, replacing part of the current fleet of high-floor Z and A class trams. The design is based on the Flexity 2 but with pivoting outer bogies.
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
- First built 0 years ago, in 2026.
- 420 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 25 m long: about 6 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
- 2026
- in service from
- 2026
- number built
- 100
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Yarra Trams
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 420 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′+2′+Bo′
- length
- 25 m
- capacity
- 150 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q115819876, Wikipedia: G class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.