{"id":14987,"date":"2016-07-01T20:26:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T19:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=14987"},"modified":"2016-07-01T20:26:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T19:26:53","slug":"3116-into-service-in-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=14987","title":{"rendered":"3116 into service in Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 148th tram to carry passengers on Manchester Metrolink has entered service with <strong>3116<\/strong> being noted in use on Wednesday 29th June. The tram is based at Queen\u2019s Road and entered service on the Exchange Square to Rochdale Town Centre service (the service to Exchange Square seems to the first choice for most new trams now).<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->As mentioned last week due to the blockade through St Peter\u2019s Square trams are currently marooned on either side of the works either at Queen\u2019s Road or Trafford Depots. As things stand at the moment it is believed the trams are split as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Queen\u2019s Road:<\/p>\n<p>3001, 3002, 3005, 3010-3012, 3014-3020, 3024, 3026, 3028-3032, 3035, 3037-3040, 3042, 3043, 3045-3048, 3050, 3054, 3057-3059, 3064, 3070, 3072, 3073, 3075, 3080, 3087, 3088, 3090, 3093, 3094, 3096, 3098, 3099, 3104, 3112, 3114-3117<\/p>\n<p>Trafford:<\/p>\n<p>3003, 3004, 3006, 3009, 3013, 3021-3023, 3025, 3027, 3033, 3034, 3036, 3041, 3044, 3049, 3051-3053, 3055, 3056, 3060-3063, 3065-3069, 3071, 3074, 3076-3079, 3081-3086, 3089, 3091, 3092, 3095, 3097, 3100-3103, 3105-3111<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to Steve Kemp for taking the time to provide the information provided above.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14988\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14988\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14988\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14988\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14988\" title=\"1.3116-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1.3116-sk-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1.3116-sk-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1.3116-sk-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1.3116-sk.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3116 stands at Exchange Square on 29th June.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14989\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14989\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14989\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14989\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14989\" title=\"2.3316-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2.3316-sk-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2.3316-sk-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2.3316-sk-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2.3316-sk.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3116 travels back to Exchange Square. (Both Photographs by Steve Kemp)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 148th tram to carry passengers on Manchester Metrolink has entered service with 3116 being noted in use on Wednesday 29th June. 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