3107 has become the latest Manchester Metrolink M5000 to enter revenue earning service with it being allocated to the Rochdale to Ashton-under-Lyne service on Friday 4th December. The tram had been delivered to Manchester on 14th November and has been undergoing the usual commissioning and mileage accumulation process before being released into traffic. This leaves just last week’s arrival – 3108 – to enter service of those trams already in Manchester and this is likely to carry its first passengers before Christmas.
3107 at Shaw & Crompton on 4th December. (Photograph by Steve Kemp)
11 trams to go before the order is complete after 3108 arrived in Manchester. woo hoo 3107 started on the oldham line 1st
Funny as it may seem but every new M5000 delivered comes with that new car smell in the cab and saloon.What is the final order now,it keeps changing every few months.
The present number ordered is 120 and as the article says 3108 is latest arrival.