The X1-class was a class of ten trams built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board. Developed from the X-class, they differed in having four doors. They were initially allocated to Glenhuntly and Hawthorn depots.

Melbourne's tram classification system is based on classes originally devised by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (M&MTB). [1] At first this was largely based on the order in which the original tramway operators had introduced each different type of …

The X1-class was a class of ten trams built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board. Developed from the X-class, they differed in having four doors. They were initially allocated to Glenhuntly and Hawthorn depots.

Pamphlet details the features of the X1 class trams that were introduced onto the Footscray system during late 1926. Details the construction of the tram, seating, safety features, fares, fare boxes, pay as you enter (PAYE), and provide hints for passenger behaviour.

The photograph shows an X1 tram, with the destination of Russell St in Victoria St Footscray or Seddon. See item 8210 for an X2 class in the same street. Significance. Yields information about the trams in Victoria St Footscray / Seddon c1960. Physical description. Black and White photograph with photographer's notes on rear

These locally-built trams were based on the Birney (X-class) design. 10 were built. Two doorways on each side were provided. They operated mainly on the Footscray system until it was closed in 1962, although some operated all over Melbourne in alll-night service.

These modified one man tramcars of the Q, R and T classes were used on all-night services and lightly loaded routes interchangeably with the eighteen Birney type tramcars of the X, X1 and X2 classes, the five Peter Witt Y and Y1 class cars, as well as the four remaining tramcars of the thirty-year old U class still in passenger service.

Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board X Class No 217. Two single truck Birney Lightweight Safety Cars were imported by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board from the United States in 1923, Nos. 217 and 218. Designed by Joseph M. Bosenbury and Charles O. Birney, several thousand of these tramcars were constructed in the USA between 1915 ...

Colour slide of X1 468 turning from Hopkins St Footscray into Leeds St with the destination of Williamstown Road. Another X1 class tram can be seen in the background bound for Russell Street. Yields information about X1 class in Footscray. Kodachrome colour slides, cardboard mount, duplicate.

Melbourne's tram classification system is based on classes originally devised by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (M&MTB). At first this was largely based on the order in which the original tramway operators had introduced each different type of tramcar between 1906 and 1920.