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- 1. Ballarat tram side view: Peterdownunder· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The J-class was a Melbourne tram classification of twenty trams built by the Meadowbank Manufacturing Company, Sydney for the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT). J-class trams were single truck, open California combination cars. All passed to the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board on 2 February 1920 when it took over the PMTT becoming the J-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 111 years ago, in 1915.
- 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
- 1915
- number built
- 20
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Meadowbank Manufacturing Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- weight
- 12.3 t
- capacity
- 36 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30637129, Wikipedia: J class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.