{"id":14560,"date":"2016-05-11T21:24:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T20:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=14560"},"modified":"2016-05-11T21:24:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T20:24:28","slug":"in-pictures-3115-arrives-in-manchester-with-3114-entering-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=14560","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: 3115 arrives in Manchester with 3114 entering service"},"content":{"rendered":"

The expansion of the Manchester Metrolink fleet has continued with 3115<\/strong> now in the city with the previous arrival \u2013 3114<\/strong> \u2013 also now having carried its first passengers. With 3115<\/strong> arriving it now means that there are only five M5000s remaining to be delivered of the current order.<\/p>\n

In chronological order the latest developments started on Saturday 7th May when 3115<\/strong> arrived at Queen\u2019s Road Depot on the back of a low loader having made its way from mainland Europe via Hull Docks. The tram was soon unloaded and moved into the workshops where a start was made on its commissioning \u2013 and the application of its spots! \u2013 which will soon be followed by mileage accumulation and then an eventual entry into service.<\/p>\n

Moving forward four days and Wednesday 11th May saw the entry into service of 3114<\/strong> \u2013 which had arrived in Manchester on 16th April. The tram had been undergoing testing and mileage accumulation in the lead up to its clearance for service.<\/p>\n

Deliveries of the M5000s will continue over the next few months but the end is now firmly in sight for the last (for now?) of the 120 strong class of Bombardier built trams.<\/p>\n

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3115 arrives at Queen's Road on 7th May.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another view of 3115 upon its arrival. (Photographs x2 by Steve Kemp)<\/p><\/div>\n

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3114 stands at Rochdale Town Centre on a sunny 9th May. (Photograph by Paul Gilbert)<\/p><\/div>\n

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3114 meets 3113 at Shaw & Crompton on 11th May.<\/p><\/div>\n

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3114 at Exchange Square on 11th May when it ran in passenger service for the first time on the Shaw & Crompton service. (Photographs x2 by Steve Kemp)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The expansion of the Manchester Metrolink fleet has continued with 3115 now in the city with the previous arrival \u2013 3114 \u2013 also now having carried its first passengers. With 3115 arriving it now means that there are only five … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14560"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14568,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14560\/revisions\/14568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}