The D1 class, or Combino (affectionately known as "Bambino"), electric tram operates in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was built by Siemens, and the first unit was delivered to the city in 2002. The trams were initially operated by M>Tram, but are now operated by Yarra Trams. December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Company headquarters in Munich, Germany Siemens AG NYSE: SI is the worlds largest electronics company. ... A tonne, sometimes known as metric ton in American English, (symbol t) is a unit of mass. ... The metre, or meter, is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International dUnités). ... The Combino is a low floor tram produced by Siemens Transportation Systems (formerly Düwag). ... Lightning strikes during a night-time thunderstorm. ... A modern tram in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland Volkswagen Cargo-Tram in Dresden. ... The City of Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ... Company headquarters in Munich, Germany Siemens AG NYSE: SI is the worlds largest electronics company. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yarra Trams is a tram operating company in Melbourne, Australia. ...

The D1 class is a 3-section tram and can be found on Melbourne's southeastern and inner tram routes. They are all based at Malvern tram depot. The trams feature plug-type doors, next-stop display, and several other features. The trams are built '100% low-floor.' This is a list of the 37 main tram routes and 55 subsidiary routes operating in the city of Melbourne, Australia. ...

Tram D1.3507 has been shipped to Siemens in Germany being rebuilt, due to arrive back in Melbourne in 2005. All D1 class trams have now being restickered in Yarra Trams livery. 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yarra Trams is a tram operating company in Melbourne, Australia. ...

All D1 Class Trams have an traction braking controller with an intergral deadman's trigger the driver MUST release and reapply every 1 minute, if an alarm sounds they must release and reapply immediately, otherwise magnetic track brakes are applied at full force.

Originally driver could hold it down conintuoulsy while the tram was moving, if driver took their hand off, an alarm would sound, followed soon by track brake application. If after four mintutes it had been held-down continuously and the tram stopped, the driver would get an audible warning and the tram would not move until the driver had released it. There was also an alternative deadman's button on the side of the armrest. Drivers discovered that if the armrest were dropped low enough, this button would stay pressed without the driver appying any pressure, they still had to be released every four minutes when coming to a stop. But as soon as the manegement discoverd this, their reaction was vigilance control, actually a deadman's vigilance device, and hence the notice in the cab "Vigilance control now fitted, release and reapply every 1 minute, if an alarm sounds, release and reapply immediately." A Deadmans vigilance device is a more elaborate version of a deadmans control with requires a motorman to release it periodically say every 30 seconds. ...

External links

• List of D1 class trams at VicSig
• Railpage Tram Photo Gallery