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O-class Sydney tram

🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Randwick Tramway Workshops· from 1907

🚋 tram / light rail electric

1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. First Tram across Bridge (8368180041): Photographic Collection from Australia· Public domain

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what is it?

The O-class trams were a class of trams operated on the Sydney tram network.

base stats

speed 60 km/htop speed
power 45 kWpower output
weight 17.8 tin working order
seats 80passengers
built 626made 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 119 years ago, in 1907.
Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).

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

spec sheet

built: 1907
number built: 626
kind: tram / light rail
traction: electric
origin: 🇦🇺 Australia
builders: Randwick Tramway Workshops, Meadowbank Manufacturing Company
top speed: 60 km/h
power: 45 kW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system: 600 V DC catenary
weight: 17.8 t
capacity: 80 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q16927376, Wikipedia: O-class Sydney tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.