The Austrian Railway Group : Tramways in Graz

No longer represented in revenue service are nine trams built by Grazer Waggonfabrik for Grazer Tramway Gesellschaft in 1909 and numbered GTG80 - 88. These unusual trams had large vestibules to allow passengers to board an alight without crowding the driver and conductor. These larger platforms were only partially enclosed with windshields but had no doors. Grazer Tramway replaced the truck on GTG 88 in 1918. Grazer Verkehrsbetriebe rebuilt the bodies of the five remaining trams of the series in 1953-54. As rebuilt they finally gained platform doors, GVB 88 being renumbered to GVB 120 87 becoming 117 and 81 renumbered to 121. They were assigned to route 2 (Hauptbahnhof - Krenngasse), and were withdrawn on 14 November 1963. GVB was delivered to the National Capital Tramway Musum in Colesville, Maryland, USA, but was totally destroyed in a fire which swept through the museum on Sept 28 2003, when Wien 2023 was also lost.GVB 117 and 121 became part of the collection at the Tramway Museum Graz in the depot at Mariatrost..

The more recent trams used in Graz have been secondhand, although Graz has bought new trams occasionally. Class 260 were 18 6-axle single-ended trams built by Lohner/SGP in 1965, numbered 261-283. The trams are single-ended because all termini have a loop. Four of these trams (273, 270, 276, 266) have had second-hand centre sections from the Wuppertal (D) tramways inserted in 1996/7, and renumbered in the series 581-584. In the cases of 582 and 584, further reconstruction work has occured after accident damage.

The class 500 trams, originally numbered 1-10, are 8-axle SGP-built trams bought in 1978. Christened Mannheimers after the city to first acquire this type of tram, they are now numbered 501-510, although tram 10 was renumbered 850 to coincide with the city's 850th anniversary in 1985.

Class 520 trams were purchased from Duisberg (D) and put into service after rebuilding between 1988 and 1994. They were originally built in 1971-1974 and were numbered 1077-1093. 8-axle trams by Duewag, they are still in service.

In 1986 Graz bought twelve 6-axle trams manufactured by SGP, and in 1999 extended them to 8-axle cars by adding in new Bombardier low floor sections. In keeping with the recycled theme, however, they were equipped with bogies from the Wuppertal trams bought three years earlier and from which the central sections had already been used in 581-584. The Wuppertal trams, from series 3801 to 3822 and 3401 to 3408 were mostly scrapped in 1998 after service, but 3813 was donated to the Graz Tramway museum.

in 2003 (GVB) bought 18 100% low-floor Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook trams, giving them the number range 601-618. The vehicles have a width of 2.2 metres and a minimum curve radius of only 17 m. The trams for Graz were specified to have a buffer load of 40 t and a double-sliding door located near the driver. At the entrances the floor height from street level is only 290 mm. Additionally, a lift at the front door facilitates wheelchair access. An automated digital display provides connection information. The trams are 27 metres long, have a top speed of 70 km/h, and can hold 144 passengers.