#1896
R class Melbourne tram
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board· from 1920
what is it?
The R-class was a class of eight trams built by James Moore & Sons and the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB). The Fitzroy, Northcote & Preston Tramways Trust (FNPTT) placed five trams in service in 1920. All passed to the MMTB on 2 February 1920 when it took over the FNPTT becoming the R-class and being renumbered 172-176.
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 106 years ago, in 1920.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1920
- number built
- 8
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- weight
- 11.7 t
- capacity
- 28 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30637144, Wikipedia: R class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.