Gothenburg tram types and designations through the ages

The trams in Gothenburg have type designations only from 1951 . These names were simplified in 1959 to the system that is still in use. In order to be able to include older and scrapped carriage types in the system, the Industrial Museum in 1963 systematised the older car park. The type designations used by Ringlinien are marked in bold. In general, M stands for motor car and S stands for trailer. MB and SB stand for motor car / trailer with bogie.

The tram types are sorted into motor carriages and trailers by the year the wagon type was delivered.

Motor cars

Photo 1951 1959 1963 Name of tram type Manufacturer Delivered Qty Number Last used
M1 49     M1 Motor car 1902
Classic Swedish tram from the beginning 1902 with open platforms and benches along the sides.		 ASEA, GMV 1902-1903,
1907		 66 1-58
104-111		 1916
M2 81     M2 "Förkylningsvagn", which means you would easily catch a Cold in this car
Car type with open platform and open carbody and benches across.		 ASEA 1903 17 75-91 1916
M3 202     M3 Single axle bogie tram
The first type of cars for Långedragslinjen, which were longer than the inner-city cars.		 ASEA 1908 3 201-203 1930
M4 62     M4 Motor car, built-in platforms In the 1910s, the platforms were built-in with windows mainly because of the cold during the Winter. ASEA, GMV,
Arlöf		 1908-1921 156 1-156 1942
M5 121 M11 M20 M5 Motor car, extended platforms The classic Gothenburg tram with long benches which for a long time traveled the city. Numbers 157-176 were delivered as M5, the rest were built from M4 and S2 by extending and building in the platforms. ASEA, GS 1920-1940 123 47-103
(104-109)
112-177
(189-200)		 1961
M6 194     M6 Two-room-and-kitchen
  Two motor cars whch were built together into a primitive articulated car with a middle section.		 ASEA, Arlöf 1922-1923,
1931		 11 190-200 1949
MB01 206 MB01 M21 M7 Large Långedragsvagn 
Bogie cars that were significantly larger than the usual car fleet were used throughout their traffic time on the Långedragslinjen.		 ASEA 1922-1928 6 204-209 1967
M8 300 M13 M20 M8 Short thick Långedragsvagn 
Slightly shorter than the big one, first went on Långedragslinjen and at the end as extra cars.		 ASEA 1923 4 300-303 1960
M9 178 M12 M20 M9 Cross-seat motor car
 Göteborgs Spårvägar built some wagons with cross seats that could be turned in both directions.		 GS 1927-1930 11 178-188 1964
M10 210 MB02   M10 Experimental car 210 
The first modern wagon, one-way with fixed conductor. An experiment that laid the foundation for M22..		 ASEA 1937 1 210 1957
M22 211 MB03 M22 M11 ASEA Mustang 
"Flying Fortress "The first series of modern cars with fixed conductor and rear entrance.		 ASEA 1943-1944 15 211-225 1967
M23 16 MB04 M23 M12 Hägglund Mustang"Vampir" Gothenburg Mustangs who survived right-hand traffic and got their own types of trailers. Hägglund 1948-1954 63 1-63 1988
M24 60 MB05 M24 M13 Mustang, pedal-operated
5 M23 (3 from Gävle) were delivered with pedals for multiple-unit driving prior to the purchase of the M25. Later they were rebuilt with a steering wheel, like M23 cars.		 Hägglund 1954 5 59-63 1958
M25 513 MB06 M25 M14 Multiple-unit driving car
Multiple-unit coupled motor cars with pedals that were ordered just when other cities closed their tramways.		 Hägglund 1958-1962 125 501-625 1997
M28 738   M28   Multiple-unit car
Pedal-operated car from ASEA delivered for the changeover from laft-hand to right-hand traffic.		 ASEA 1965-1967 70 701-770 -
M29 808   M29   Multiple-unit car
The latest multiple-unit car type from Hägglunds.		 Hägglund 1969-1972 60 801-860 -
M21 200   M21   Articulated tram car
Large ASEA articulated tram car that was later rebuilt to have a low floor intermediate (M31).		 ASEA/ASJ 1984-1992 80 200-279 2002
M30 100   M30   CKD Tatra T7B5
Tram car 100 from Oslo, originally from the Czech Republic (not in public transport).		 Tatra 1989 1 100 -
M31 333   M31   Articulated car with low floor intermediate
The tram cars were rebuilt between 1998-2002 to get a low floor intermediate.		 ASEA/GmBH 1998-2002 80 300-305
307-380		 -
M32 413   M32   Low floor tram, Sirio. AnsalodBreda 2004-2012 65 401-465 -
M33 493   M33B    Double-ended tram. Bombardier/Kiepe 2019-2021 10 490-499  
M33 501   M33    Single-ended tram. Bombardier/Kiepe 2021-2023 30 501-530  

 

Trailers

Photo 1951 1959 1963 Name of tram type Manufacturer Delivered Qty Number Last used
S1 101     S1 Former covered horse tram Gullbrandsen 1904 3 101-103 (222-224) 1923
S2 124     S2 Covered trailers Vabis, Arlöv, ASEA, GS, GMV 1902-1918 63 104-126 (217-221), 236-255, 266-285 (411-426) 1924-1940
S3 228     S3 "Förkylnings"-trailer (Catch a Cold trailer) ASEA 1903 10 82-91 (127-132) (225-235) (427-432) 1925
S4 159     S4 Former open horse tram England, Gullbrandsen 1903 17 151-167 1918-1919
S5 172     S5 Summer trailers Vabis, GS 1906-1914 20 501-520 1943-1946
S6 522 S24   S6 "Zeppelins" ASEA 1922-1923 20 521-540 1951
S7 257 S21   S7 "Lantern" trailer MAN, ASEA 1924-1925 30 256-265, 280-299 1954-1955
S8 244 S21   S8 "Lantern" trailer, former trailers of type S2 ASEA 1928-1936 20 236-244, 266-270, 274-279 1940-1955
S9 232 S22   S9 Cross seat trailer ASEA 1930 10 226-235 1953
S26 317 S23 S26   "Loaf" trailer ASEA, GS, Hägglund & Söner 1931-1952 70 311-380 1967
S3 228 SB25 S27   Hägglund trailer Hägglund & Söner 1948-1954 70 401-470 1967-1978