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what is it?
The E-class trams are a class of single bogie (four-wheel) single-ended cross-bench design trams operated on the Sydney tram network. They always operated in permanently-coupled pairs because they were fitted-out electrically as if the pair was a single bogie car.
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 125 years ago, in 1901.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901–1903
- number built
- 202
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Randwick Tramway Workshops, Clyde Engineering, Meadowbank Manufacturing Company
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- 36 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC overhead (trolley) wire
- length
- 8.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927139, Wikipedia: E-class Sydney tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.