The P-class trams were a class of trams operated on the
Sydney tram network
The Sydney tramway network served the inner suburbs of Sydney, Australia from 1879 until 1961. In its heyday, it was the largest in Australia, the second largest in the Commonwealth of Nations (after London), and one of the largest in the worl ...
.
History
Between 1921 and 1929, 258 P class trams were built by
Randwick Tramway Workshops,
Meadowbank Manufacturing Company
Meadowbank Manufacturing Company was an Australian manufacturer in Meadowbank, New South Wales.
History
Mellor Brothers, a South Australian firm, established factories in Sydney (Meadowbank Manufacturing Co) and Melbourne (Braybrook Implement ...
, and the
Walsh Island Dockyard. As with the preceding
O class trams, the P class were cross bench cars with 80 seat capacity. They were a big improvement over the O-class in that all compartments offered protection from bad weather on both sides of the bodies when running. Fitted with folding canvas doors in each compartment, conductors only had to push open one half of a door.
The P-class trams were based at all depots on the main system except
Rushcutters Bay
Rushcutters Bay is a harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 3 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney.
The suburb of Rushcutter ...
, but worked to the
Sydney Stadium, just past the depot between 1947 and 1959 out of
Waverley and
Dowling Street for special events, plus out to
Watsons Bay
Watsons Bay is a harbourside, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Watsons Bay is located 11 km north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Woollahr ...
for picnic specials. Most were withdrawn in 1959/1960. Four (1517 & 1573 at
Randwick Tramway Workshops and 1562 & 1582
Eveleigh Railway Workshops
The Eveleigh Railway Workshops is a heritage-listed former New South Wales Government Railways yards and railway workshops and now venue hire, public housing and technology park located at Great Southern and Western railway, Redfern, City ...
) were refitted with the same windows, centre door and internal layout as the
R1 class.
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Preservation
Six have been preserved:
*1497, 1517 and 1573 at the Sydney Tramway Museum
The Sydney Tramway Museum (operated by the South Pacific Electric Railway) is Australia's oldest tramway museum and the largest in the southern hemisphere. It is located at Loftus in the southern suburbs of Sydney.
History
Construction of th ...
North Bondi
North Bondi is a coastal, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 7 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council.
North Bondi is a mostly resident ...
) under restoration at the Sydney Tramway Museum[
*1501 previously sleeping quarters at a ‘Tram-O-Tel’ in Lightning Ridge]
now under restoration for Sydney Tramway Museum at Bendigo
Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital.
As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, mak ...
Tramways[
*1700 at the ]Seashore Trolley Museum
Seashore Trolley Museum, located in Kennebunkport, Maine, United States, is the world's first and largest museum of mass transit vehicles. While the main focus of the collection is trolley cars (trams), it also includes rapid transit trains, ...
, Maine
Maine () is a U.S. state, state in the New England and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canad ...
References
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External links
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Trams in Sydney
Tram vehicles of Australia