Melbourne leased, and later bought a couple of trams from Mulhouse, France 8 years ago to fill a rollingstock shortage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C2-class_M

Melbourne leased, and later bought a couple of trams from Mulhouse, France 8 years ago to fill a rollingstock shortage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C2-class_Melbourne_tram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C2-class_Melbourne_tram Various tram types were demoed on the Melbourne network in the 2000's - Bombardier Eurotram, Bombardier Flexity Classic (from Adelaide), Siemens CombinoPlus. Ultimately Bombardier got a contract for Flexity Swift/2 derived trams (the E class). Adelaide also bought six trams from Madrid in similar circumstances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Adelaide#Citadis_302_.2F_Type_200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Adelaide#Citadis_302_...