I don't know where they get the notion that it's based on the Flexity 2 when its platform is clearly a descendant of the completely different Flexity Classic/ Flexity Swift. The Flexity 2 is a fixed-truck tram in five sections including two suspended modules. The Classic platform is a three module tram of the same length with four swivelling bogies, two of them under the centre module. This variant of that platform (in full 30 metre form which these can be expanded to) splits the centre module into three short modules, with two of those having fixed trucks underneath and one suspended module in between.
Tony P
(who has wasted plenty of time over the years trying to make sense of tram manufacturers' word salads)
On Tuesday, 27 May 2025 at 16:24:16 UTC+10 Mal Rowe wrote:
See: https://copamate.com/rail/g-class-trams/
These people provide engineering services including for Alstom's Dandenong facility.
They say in part:
The G Class is based on Alstom's globally successful Flexity 2 platform, a tram system already in operation in regions such as Blackpool (UK) and Queensland's Gold Coast.
However, the Melbourne variant is heavily customised, a bespoke solution tailored to the city's complex, mixed-traffic tram network.
They even own up to the 'not to be mentioned' reason for skipping an F class.
Mal Rowe - looking forward to these trams and hoping they ride as well as a B
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