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X2 class Melbourne tram

🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board· from 1930

what is it?

The X2-class was a class of six trams built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board. Developed from the X1-class, they differed in having larger wheels, angled windshields and only two doors. Originally numbered 674-679, 674 was renumbered 680 in 1934 to allow the W4-class to be numbered consecutively.

base stats

  • weight 10.7 tin working order
  • seats 32passengers
  • built 6made in total

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 96 years ago, in 1930.

tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.

spec sheet

built
1930
number built
6
kind
tram / light rail
traction
electric
origin
🇦🇺 Australia
builders
Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board
top speed
—
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
weight
10.7 t
capacity
32 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q30637159, Wikipedia: X2 class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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