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F class Melbourne tram

🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Duncan & Fraser· from 1912· 1920 tram class of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board

what is it?

The F-class was a class of two trams built by Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide, for the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT). Both passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 2 February 1920 when it took over the PMTT, becoming the F-class and retaining their running numbers. They were designed as summer cars, with five doors on each side.

base stats

  • weight 11.6 tin working order
  • seats 52passengers
  • built 2made in total

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 114 years ago, in 1912.
  • 9.8 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.

spec sheet

built
1912
number built
2
kind
tram / light rail
traction
electric
origin
🇦🇺 Australia
builders
Duncan & Fraser
top speed
—
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Bo′
length
9.8 m
weight
11.6 t
capacity
52 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q30637123, Wikipedia: F class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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