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Z class Melbourne tram
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Commonwealth Engineering· from 1975· model of tram operated on the Melbourne network
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Z3 139 (Melbourne tram) in Swanston St, December 2013: Liamdavies· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Z class at Maribyrnong termius: Tomoyn· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Karachi to Melbourne Tram: Alpha· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Z class are single-unit bogie trams that operate on the Melbourne tram network. Between 1975 and 1983, 230 trams spanning three sub-classes were built by Comeng, in Dandenong. The design was based on two similar Gothenburg tram models, and a prototype built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board.
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 51 years ago, in 1975.
- 390 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1975–1983
- in service from
- 1975
- number built
- 230
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Commonwealth Engineering
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- 390 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′ (Z1/Z2)
- length
- 16 m
- weight
- 19 t
- capacity
- 70 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q8062829, Wikipedia: Z class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.