A compartment in a Sydney O could carry an amazing number of people who were not always small and I speak from personal experience. I think in fact that you could fit more average people in a given space now than you could then.
Melbourne never took to cross bench cars after the 1906 Brill trams and trailers used on the VR and NMETLCo lines.
The only other close example was the 4 P&MTT copies of the Adelaide D type, which P&MTT quickly sold to the HTT and were later sent 'back home' to Adelaide.
However, the MMTB did consider some designs for "Cars for use ... during crush load periods".
I attach the draft sketches.
They were for "Standing Male Passengers Only" with women (and men hoping for a seat) expected to take other trams - with seats - interspersed with the standee only trams.
Their estimated capacity was 80 to 90 men standing within pipe framed corrals or just open space.
Designs ideas C and D provided for a central slightly raised platform to enable the conductor to collect fares,
There is no date on the drawings but it clearly dates from the early1920s before the W class design.
Mal Rowe in a city where trams sill 'eat crowds'
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