{"id":10178,"date":"2015-01-30T20:56:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T20:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=10178"},"modified":"2015-01-30T20:56:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T20:56:45","slug":"another-urbos-3-enters-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=10178","title":{"rendered":"Another Urbos 3 enters service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten different Urbos 3s have now carried passengers on Midland Metro following the entry into service of <strong>31<\/strong> on Thursday 29th January. This day saw a seven-three split of Urbos 3\/T69s in service with an eighth Urbos 3 also out and about with <strong>33<\/strong> on test.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The ten Urbos 3s which have run in passenger service are <strong>18<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>27<\/strong> and <strong>31<\/strong> but only nine of these are currently operational as <strong>21<\/strong> is out of service for unknown reasons. Despite our report before Christmas than <strong>27<\/strong>, <strong>28<\/strong> and <strong>29<\/strong> were all waiting to enter service all three are still waiting their chance to show off to the West Midlands public. On the T69 front there are still eight of the once 16 strong fleet which can be used in service (<strong>04<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>06<\/strong>, <strong>08<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>10<\/strong>, <strong>12<\/strong> and <strong>16<\/strong>). With 17 trams operational now hopefully there won\u2019t be times of a reduced service due to tram availability again.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10179\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=10179\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10179\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10179\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10179\" title=\"Trams_29_01_15_002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Trams_29_01_15_002-550x308.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Trams_29_01_15_002-550x308.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Trams_29_01_15_002.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">31 departs from Priestfield on its first day in passenger service.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10180\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=10180\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10180\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10180\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10180\" title=\"Trams_29_01_15_006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Trams_29_01_15_006-550x308.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Trams_29_01_15_006-550x308.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Trams_29_01_15_006.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Also out on 28th January was 33 which was on test. We catch up with the test tram at Priestfield with T69 04 alongside. (Both Photos by Andy Walters)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten different Urbos 3s have now carried passengers on Midland Metro following the entry into service of 31 on Thursday 29th January. 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