#1955
Q class Melbourne tram
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board· from 1922· type of tram in Melbourne, Australia
what is it?
The Q-class was a class of 24 trams built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB). They were built as part of the MMTB's plan to quickly increase the size of its fleet at its Holden Street Workshops. Twenty were rebuilt for use on all night services and in this role they travelled across the network.
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 104 years ago, in 1922.
- 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
- 1922
- number built
- 24
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- weight
- 13.3 t
- capacity
- 36 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30637145, Wikipedia: Q class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.