Type H

(Interurban - Glenelg cars)

Nos: 351 - 380
Introduced: 1929, when Glenelg line was converted to light rail
Withdrawn: Currently in service
Electrics: PC5L2 control, 4 x 60hp DK108G, now 4 x 65hp EE308 motors
Size: 17.2 m x ?.?? m
Seating/Crush load: 64/170
Max speed: 70 km/h

This is the longest rigid tram operating in Australia, and the second longest built, after the H1. The trams are built for coupled operation, and travel as two-car sets at peak times. They were fitted with pantographs in the late 1986 when the fleet moved to a new depot at Glengowrie. With the retirement of Melbourne's W2 trams, these are now the oldest passenger trams in service in the country.

Preserved type H trams

• Nos 351, 357, 358, 361, 363-380, operating the Glenelg tram service
• No. 378, operating as a restaurant tram (infrequently)
• Nos 360 and 362, at the Australian Electric Transport Museum in South Australia.

• No. 355, at the Australian Electric Transport Museum
• No. 356, at the The Old Canberra Tram Company

H1

(Prototype car - 'Sanivan')

This tram was the longest rigid tram ever built in Australia. It was a prototype built in 1953 for a fleet of 40, but the street tramways closed in Adelaide in 1958 and the remainder of the order was cancelled.

Preserved H1 tram

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[2] Thanks to Dewi Williams for this picture.

[7] Thanks to Tim Blythman for much of the information on this page.

[12] Thanks to John C Radcliffe for much additional information.