#2136
X1 class Melbourne tram
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board· from 1926
what is it?
The X1-class was a class of ten trams built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board. Developed from the X-class, they differed in having four doors. They were initially allocated to Glenhuntly and Hawthorn depots.
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1926–1928
- number built
- 10
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- weight
- 10.4 t
- capacity
- 32 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30637157, Wikipedia: X1 class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.