#4497
A class Melbourne tram
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Commonwealth Engineering· from 1983· model of tram operated on the Melbourne network
.jpg)
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. A2273 YarraTrams New Livery: Alex1991· Public domain
- 2. A2.288 collins, 2023 (01): Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The A class Melbourne tram is a class of bogie trams that operate on the Melbourne tram network. Seventy were built by Comeng, Dandenong between 1984 and 1987 in two batches, 28 A1s and 42 A2s, with only minor differences. They are the smallest trams by capacity currently operating on the network.
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 43 years ago, in 1983.
- 390 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1983–1987
- number built
- 70
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Commonwealth Engineering
- top speed
- —
- power
- 390 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- length
- 15 m
- weight
- 22.2 t
- capacity
- 65 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4646968, Wikipedia: A class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.