When there are so many trams in a fleet you don’t often notice if one is missing for a long period of time but on Manchester Metrolink the past year as seen a notable absentee in 3012 but Monday 25th November saw the Bombardier built M5000 make a welcome return to service, just in time for the busy lead up to Christmas with extra and later services being offered in Metrolink to get passengers to the shops and back from their Christmas festivities! Reece Hughes caught the tram on its first day back.
3012’s first day back in service was on the Piccadilly to Bury service.
The interior of 3012 as it approaches Queen’s Road. (Both Photographs by Reece Hughes, 25th November 2019)