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Following the B1-class trams, an order of 130 B2-class trams was completed by Comeng (later ABB) between 1987 and 1994, originally for the St Kilda and Port Melbourne light rail conversions, they quickly spread across the system. Although quite similar to the 'B1-class, they differed in several ways,
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The prospect of low-floor access was raised again in the late 1990s when the Public Transport Corporation considered adding a low-floor section to the B-class trams, between the two sections. However, at a cost of $ 700,000 per tram it was not considered cost effective, and not carried out.
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As of November 2017, both B1-Class trams were in long-term storage at Preston Workshops after its final run around Melbourne on the 12 November 2017. B1.2001 remained in operational state representing the B1-Class trams, but B1.2002 was taken apart for parts for B1.2001.
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In 2016, both B1-Class trams were meant to have been withdrawn after an organised farewell tour was hosted by Yarra Trams on 2 February 2016. However, as of August 2016, B1.2001 remained in service while B1.2002 was in storage.
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class trams, that increases capacity by seven to nine passengers while providing space for prams and shopping carts, while extra hand rails were also be installed floor to ceiling, and seats will be re-covered.
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The project was cancelled in 1990, with the new transport minister opting to finish the full B2-class order instead of the low-floor variant; this was on the back of disputes between Comeng and the
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These changes were aimed at increasing capacity while providing better use of space and flow through the vehicles. Step-well lighting was also improved, providing better visibility by changing to
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equipment, and cab air-conditioning was fitted in 2009. In 2014, an upgrade of the interiors commenced. Seats were removed and replaced with 'lean seats' as fitted on the
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In November 2023, B1.2001 was transferred from Preston Workshops by road to a scrapping facility. Meaning no examples of the B1-Class trams in operable state exist.
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In 2003, Yarra Trams refitted ten B2-class trams with the "Apollo" seating layout, in which some seats were replaced with "bum racks" (similar to those seen in the
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but this did not eventuate. In September 1992, the 100th articulated tram for Melbourne, B2 2102 was delivered in 'chocolate and cream' livery, approximating the M
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in 1987 when the St Kilda and Port Melbourne lines opened. Both had compressor issues in the early to mid 2000s, but were later rectified, both being based at
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on 7 February 1984 and entered service on 19 December 1984, while B1 2002 entered service on 17 December 1985. Both initially operated out of
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and displayed in the city as part of a promotion for a planned light rail scheme. In November 2001, 2057 and 2059 collided on the corner of
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lighting. The program aimed to add capacity of approximately 1,100 passengers to the B-class fleet and was completed in early 2014.
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and Victoria Parade. The undamaged portions were married together as 2059 while the two damaged portions were rebuilt at
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railway lines to light rail, two prototype B1-class trams were built in 1984 and 1985 at the end of an order for
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in 1984 and 1985 for the St Kilda and Port Melbourne light rail conversion projects. Both B1's were fitted with
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On the request of the Victorian transport minister, who wished the last of the B2-class order to be
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destination signs, and although the electronics of the B2-class were similar to earlier
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When the Melbourne tram network was privatised in August 1999, 55 B2-class passed to
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is a class of two-section, three-bogie articulated class trams that operate on the
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The B1-class comprises two trams built as prototype light rail vehicles built by
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In February 2018, both B1-Class trams were withdrawn from Yarra Trams services.
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B-class trams operated on the following routes prior to their abolition:
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they were the first Melbourne trams to feature air conditioning, include
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B1.2001 at Acland Street (B1 Final Farewell Tour), November 2017
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MTB colours of the 1920s; it was also re-numbered as 2100.
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It was intended that they be used to replace trains on the
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In June 2015, the installation of automated onboard
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Index

B-class Melbourne tram (1917)

Swanston Street
Collins Street

Comeng
ABB
Dandenong
Brunswick
Camberwell
Essendon
Glenhuntly
Wheelbase
AEG
Siemens
GTO
Traction motors
Acceleration
Deceleration
Electric system(s)
600 V DC
overhead catenary
Current collector(s)
Pantograph
UIC classification
Bogies
Duewag
Track gauge
standard gauge
Melbourne tram network

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