The Z1s are younger than the Gothenburg M29 trams that they were originally derived from, let alone the similar and 15 years older Tatra T3. Both of the latter are still in front-line service, with the T3 still being built new using components from the original trams. The only reason the Z1s are in museums is because of the usual Melbourne failure to follow through decisively on modernisation and upgrading, preferring to throw trams on the scrap-heap and buy new ones (fewer of them of course because the government won't fork out for the number actually needed). The Zs could have been rebuilt with low-floor sections and run as coupled sets to address capacity issues.
The M29's successor, the M31 from 1985, is meanwhile being modernised for further service. It's hardly worth pointing out that these are of the age of the Melbourne B class, which initially missed out on being low-floor, then missed out on being modernised with low-floor inserts.
https://railway-news.com/skoda-commences-gothenburg-tram-modernisation-project/
Tony P
(who thinks that local knowledge gets undermined by indifferent state governments)
On Thursday, 16 January 2025 at 10:23:32 UTC+11 David McLoughlin wrote:
Mal wrote:> Sydney Tramway Museum has the only operational Melbourne Z1/2 type tram - and it is in the original orange.When I first saw that tram at Loftus, about 2011, I marvelled that older Zs were still in daily service in Melbourne. IIRC even Z number 1 was still in service.
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