Manchester Metrolink M5000 3091 has gone gold in celebration of Team GB’s golden summer at the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games. The tram has received a special vinyl wrap livery – mainly avoiding the windows – as part of a day of celebration in Manchester which has culminated in a Heroes Parade through the city. 3091 has been chosen specifically for the livery as that is the total number of gold medals won by both Team GB and Paralympics GB during the summer.
Peter Cushing, TfGM Metrolink Director, said: “We’re absolutely delighted that Manchester has been chosen to lead the celebrations, particularly given the extensive talent that comes from and trains in the region. Our fantastic athletes once again provided countless memories over the summer and are an inspiration to millions of people, so I’m absolutely delighted that we’ve been able to honour and celebrate their success with this special golden tram. Tram 91 looks absolutely stunning in its golden livery and I hope the people of Greater Manchester enjoy it. We’d love to see as many pictures as possible from our passengers and the wider public and I’d encourage everyone to get involved using #TramGB to share their photographs.”
A timelapse video of the application of the vinyls is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az_lnG9SXPI.
3091 at Broadway. The ends have remained in the standard Metrolink yellow with the body and spots going gold.
3091 heads to Eccles on its first day in use carrying the gold.
Deansgate-Castlefield is the location for this shot of 3091. (All Photographs by Steve Kemp)
YESTERDAY MONDAY 17th OCTOBER 2016..I WENT IN SEARCH OF 3117 IN GREEN
FOR MANCHESTER’S COLLAGE GOT IT IT IS BRIGHT……..
WHILST GETTING COLD WAITING TO SEE IT……………….WHAT DID I SEE 3091.
GREAT SMASHING SUPER..
I WENT LOOKING TO TRY AND FIND 3117 IN GREEN FOR MANCHESTER COLLEGE.
WHILE GETTING COLD WAITING TO SEE THIS WHAT IT DID NOT EXPECT WAS TO
SEE 3091 IN GOLD WHAT CAN I SAY GREAT SMASHING SUPER.(JIM BOWEN)
TEAM GB.. RIO OLYMPIC PARAYA ? GAMES…THIS HAS TO BE THE BEST EVER.
YOU MUST NOT MISS IT I THINK IT WAS ON THE BURY TO ECCLES ROUTE.
I GOT EVER SO CONFUSED IT’S A AGE THING SORRY..
Actually Andrew it was on ASHTON – Eccles as was the Green tram on Monday
THANKS PHIL I got it wrong what can I say???????
We all can not be clever, I was trying to get my photo’s..
It was busy day and lot’s of people about, never the less.
This has to be the best NONE Standard livery EVER.!!!!!!!!
Also my computer has a mind of it’s own,thing’s go off..
I hope that you agree with that..???????…….
I saw the parade was on tramlines at a time when people would need to use the trams in the evening rush hour. I hope the British Olympic authorities compensated Metrolink for loss of income and also the passengers who could not get home after a day’s work.
The only line that was affected was the Exchange Square spur from Victoria.
People who normally catch the tram here could get it a couple of minutes walk away at Victoria.
It is the principle, not the length of the line that I am talking about. Season-ticket holders on railways get compensation when their services are disrupted. Parades are deliberate closures, but who decides were they go and what transport is disrupted is not disclosed to the public, s they have no redress for it. When the Tour de France (sic) came to Cambridge, all city centre bus routed were terminated at the periphery of the city centre (with little information) and all city centre car parks were closed. Pedestrians could not get to work because they were not allowed by the police to cross certain streets. Ironically, the TV coverage went to advertising just as the cyclists were about to pass the iconic university buildings, so nobody saw them anyway. There was no compensation for those whose day was disrupted. Nobody will take responsibility for the deliberate disruption of transport by events like these.
What’s the green tram? Was in Mexico for a couple of weeks recently and thought all I had missed was Big Sam’s rapid demise…..