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In 2013, a program commenced to refurbish all remaining 114 Z3-class trams at Preston Workshops. They received new seats, painted interior walls, glass replacement with scratch proof film applied, and the Public Transport Victoria livery at Preston Workshops. [36] [37] As of March 2022, 101 Z3-class trams remain in service. [4]
Over the years many of the trams were modified and then reclassified – for example, every one of the original 200 W class trams were converted to W2 class between 1928 and 1933. [ 1 ] Individual tram fleets had been numbered (from 1 upwards) by each of the pre-M&MTB tramway operators, but by 1924 the M&MTB had consolidated the numbering ...
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A B2-class tram. Two B1-class trams were built as part of the order for 28 A1-class trams in 1984 and 1985. [117] [118] The B-class trams used the same traction equipment as the Z3 and A-class trams, and were designed for operating on the light rail lines. They were originally built with both trolley poles and pantographs, as well as movable ...
C-class Melbourne tram in TransdevTSL livery, 2008 W6 983 on Victoria Parade, 2004 The interior of D2-class tram, 2023. As of January 2019, the fleet consisted of over 450 W, Z3, A1, B2, C1, C2, D and E class trams, operated from eight depots. [32]
M>Tram was a tram operator in Melbourne, Australia. Formed in July 1998 as Swanston Trams , a business unit of the Public Transport Corporation , it was privatised in August 1999 becoming a subsidiary of National Express .
Southbank tram depot opened on 8 February 1997 on the site of the former Montague shipping shed replacing South Melbourne depot. [1] When the Public Transport Corporation was privatised in August 1999, Southbank depot passed to Yarra Trams. [2] The depot was extended in 2009 as part of the E-class tram project. [3]
The section of track between Queensberry Street (Stop 4) and High Street (Stop 27) is the oldest section of this route, dating back to the Brighton Road cable tram which opened on 11 October 1888 by the Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company. This cable tram line was electrified in stages by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board.