#1639
H class Melbourne tram
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Duncan & Fraser· from 1913· 1920 tram class of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Ballarat tram No 18: Peterdownunder· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The H-class was a class of ten trams built by Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide for the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT). All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 2 February 1920 when it took over the PMTT becoming the H-class retaining their running numbers. In 1931, number 63 was sold for further use on the Ballarat network and placed in service as number 18.
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913
- number built
- 10
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Duncan & Fraser
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- weight
- 12.1 t
- capacity
- 34 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30637128, Wikipedia: H class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.