The X2-class was a class of six trams built by the

Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board The Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) was a government-owned authority that was responsible for the tram network in Melbourne, Australia between 1919 and 1983, when it was merged into the Metropolitan Transit Authority. It had be ...

. Developed from the X1-class, they differed in having larger wheels, angled windshields and only two doors. Originally numbered 674-679, 674 was renumbered 680 in 1934 to allow the W4-class to be numbered consecutively. They were mainly used on Point Ormond line and the isolated Footscray network. With the closure of these two lines in the early 1960s, all were withdrawn.

Preservation

Two have been preserved: *676 as part of the VicTrack heritage fleet at Hawthorn depot *680 by the

Tramway Museum Society of Victoria The Tramway Museum Society of Victoria Incorporated (TMSV) owns a large collection of trams from Trams in Melbourne, Melbourne, Trams in Ballarat, Ballarat, Trams in Geelong, Geelong, Trams in Adelaide, Adelaide, and Trams in Sydney, Sydney as ...

X2 Class 680
Tramway Museum Society of Victoria

References

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