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D class Melbourne tram
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2002· low-floor trams of the Melbourne network
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. D2 5001 (Melbourne tram) in Elizabeth St on route 19 to City in PTV livery, December 2013: Liamdavies· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. D2 class tram 5004 at East Coburg: BEASTS4LIFE 99· CC0
what is it?
The D class Melbourne tram is a fleet of low-floor Combino trams that operate on the Melbourne tram network. They were built by Siemens in Uerdingen, Krefeld, Germany, and are divided into two classes: the three section D1-class which was introduced between 2002 and 2004, and the five section D2-class which was introduced in 2004. The D class was procured by M>Tram and have been operated by Yarra Trams since they took control of the entire tram network in April 2004.
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 24 years ago, in 2002.
- 400 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 130: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 2002–2004
- number built
- 59
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Siemens Mobility
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 400 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- D1: Bo′+0′+Bo′
- length
- 20 m
- weight
- 25.8 t
- capacity
- 130 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5203312, Wikipedia: D class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.