On 28/11/2020 14:41, TP wrote:
> At a calculated guess, I would say that the raw cost of each E, being

> a bespoke design with four bogies, is probably about $AUD 1 million

> more than that of a 30 metre off-the-shelf Citadis or CAF. In Europe,

> the latter would cost in the range $AUD 3-4 million. In Australia

> something north of that. So for the E, maybe it's around $AUD 5-6

> million or so?


It may be more.  There's a news report in IRJ from 2018 at:
https://www.railjournal.com/regions/australia-nz/more-bombardier-e-class-trams-for-melbourne/

It quotes a price of $8.3M each (10 trams for $A83M).  That's not likely
to include items like depots and substations, but would be likely to
include a maintenance contract.

The bespoke design features which Melbourne is prepared to pay for 
include rotating trucks, 'plug-swappable' cabs and a fully stainless
steel body - with the exception of fibre glass cab ends and cast steel
bolsters.

Mal Rowe - expecting the Es to outlast him by several decades