#1850
K class Melbourne tram
built by James Moore & Sons· from 1919· 1920 tram class of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board
what is it?
The K-class was a class of nine trams built by James Moore & Sons 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 K-class retaining their running numbers.
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 107 years ago, in 1919.
- 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
- 1919
- number built
- 9
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- builders
- James Moore & Sons
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- weight
- 13.1 t
- capacity
- 34 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30637132, Wikipedia: K class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.