#2185
Y class Melbourne tram
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board· from 1927
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Melbourne Y1 Class Tram 611 Sydney Tramway Museum December 2023 2: Marcnut1996· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Y-class was a one-member tram class built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board. It entered service in September 1927 initially operating a 24-mile tourist service, before being used on regular services on the Burwood line and all night services from Camberwell depot in company with the Y1-class. In 1965, it was transferred to Glenhuntly depot to avoid running into the city due to a lack of number boxes.
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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1927
- number built
- 1
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 13.9 m
- weight
- 16.8 t
- capacity
- 53 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30637169, Wikipedia: Y class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.