#2015
W class Melbourne tram
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board· from 1923· electric tram family built in Melbourne, Australia
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. W6 Melbourne tram, Nicholson Street: No machine-readable author provided. Dysprosia~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).· BSD
what is it?
The W class trams are a family of electric trams built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) between 1923 and 1956. Over the 33 years of production, 752 vehicles spanning 12 sub-classes were constructed, the majority at the MMTB's Preston Workshops. A small fleet continue to operate on the tramway network of Melbourne, Australia, where they are used on the City Circle tourist route.
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 103 years ago, in 1923.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923–1956
- number built
- 752
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7945093, Wikipedia: W class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.