History
The Z-class were introduced from the mid 1970s. The trams featured an orange and cream livery until the mid 1980s, when they were repainted into the Met’s green and gold. After privatisation of the tram network in 1999, some of the trams were repainted into the M>Tram livery, which was a green concept as well as featuring yellow ribboning around the tram, a large M> logo, and a blue roof. After M>Tram was taken over in 2004 the trams were allocated to Yarra Trams, where they refurbished and repainted the trams into their livery. All the Z3 trams (with the exception of all-over-advertising trams) have now been repainted into the Yarra Trams livery.
During a visit to Melbourne on 26 October 2011, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh traveled from Federation Square to Government House on a Z-class tram which had been painted as the "Royal Tram".
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