#1924
P-class Sydney tram
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Randwick Tramway Workshops· from 1921· class of trams
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSWDRTT P-class Tram: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The P-class trams were a class of trams operated on the Sydney tram network.
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 105 years ago, in 1921.
- 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
- 1921
- number built
- 258
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Randwick Tramway Workshops, Meadowbank Manufacturing Company, Walsh Island Dockyard and Engineering Works
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- 30 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC catenary
- weight
- 16.9 t
- capacity
- 80 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927382, Wikipedia: P-class Sydney tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.