#2016
X class Melbourne tram
🇺🇸 United States ·built by St. Louis Car Company· from 1923· trams imported to Melbourne, Australia
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Bendigo tram 302: Peterdownunder· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The X-class was a class of two Birney trams imported from United States manufacturers JG Brill Company and St Louis Car Company by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board. In June 1924 both entered service from Hawthorn depot on the Power Street to Hawthorn Bridge service. In 1928 both were transferred to Glenhuntly depot to operate the Point Ormond route.
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 103 years ago, in 1923.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923
- number built
- 2
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- St. Louis Car Company, J. G. Brill Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- weight
- 8.4 t
- capacity
- 33 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30637155, Wikipedia: X class Melbourne tram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.