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- 1. NSWDRTT K-class Tram: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The K-class trams are a single truck all crossbench design, with closed compartments at one end and open seating at the other operated on the Sydney tram network. Withdrawals commenced in 1939. By 1949, only 1295 and 1296 remained in service on the Neutral Bay line, being withdrawn in the mid-1950s.
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 118 years ago, in 1908.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1908
- number built
- 107
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Meadowbank Manufacturing Company
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- 36 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC catenary
- length
- 8.8 m
- capacity
- 50 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927247, Wikipedia: K-class Sydney tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.