Editing Trams in Melbourne (section)

===B-class===
{{Main|B-class Melbourne tram}}
[[File:B 2086 PTV livery Sep 2014.JPG|thumb|right|A B2-class tram]]

Two B1-class trams were built as part of the order for 28 A1-class trams in 1984 and 1985.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=trams&class=B1 | work=Vicsig | title=B1 Class | access-date=6 November 2011 | archive-date=21 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421162043/http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=trams&class=B1 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Melbourne's B-class tram">{{cite web | url=http://www.railpage.org.au/tram/b.html | work=Trams of Australia | title=Melbourne's B-class tram | access-date=25 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011014107/http://www.railpage.org.au/tram/b.html | archive-date=11 October 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The B-class trams used the same traction equipment as the Z3 and A-class trams, and were designed for operating on the light rail lines. They were originally built with both trolley poles and pantographs, as well as movable steps to allow railway platform and street level boarding, however this concept was later abandoned when low-floor platforms replaced railway-height ones at the converted light rail stations. Both B1-class trams were withdrawn in 2018.

B2-class trams entered service between 1988 and 1994, differing from the B1-class prototypes by not having trolley poles, having [[Dot-matrix display|dot-matrix destination displays]], and non-opening windows. 130 trams were built by Comeng, and later [[ABB]]; all of which remain in service today. The B2-class was the first Melbourne tram fitted with [[air conditioning]].<ref name="Melbourne's B-class tram"/><ref name="B2 Class">{{cite web | url=http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=trams&class=B2 | work=Vicsig | title=B2 Class | access-date=6 November 2011 | archive-date=21 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421111448/http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=trams&class=B2 | url-status=live }}</ref>

B-class trams were the first articulated trams to serve on the Melbourne network.

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File:B1.2001 bourke, 2014.JPG|B1-class tram #2001
File:B2-class Melbourne tram interior, 2013.JPG|A B2-class tram interior
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