{"id":15122,"date":"2016-07-29T21:36:05","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T20:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=15122"},"modified":"2016-07-29T21:36:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T20:36:06","slug":"in-pictures-metrolink-3117-enters-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=15122","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Metrolink 3117 enters service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest M500 to enter service on Manchester Metrolink is <strong>3117<\/strong> with these pictures showing the tram in action on Saturday 23rd July, believed to be its first day in service since completing mileage accumulation. On this day the tram was used on the Piccadilly to Shaw &amp; Crompton service. Photos by Steve Kemp.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15123\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=15123\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15123\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15123\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15123\" title=\"1.3117-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1.3117-sk-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1.3117-sk-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1.3117-sk-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1.3117-sk.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3117 at Piccadilly on 23rd July.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15124\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=15124\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15124\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15124\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15124\" title=\"2.3117-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2.3117-sk-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2.3117-sk-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2.3117-sk-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2.3117-sk.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3117 makes its way through Oldham with a service to Piccadilly. (Both Photographs by Steve Kemp)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest M500 to enter service on Manchester Metrolink is 3117 with these pictures showing the tram in action on Saturday 23rd July, believed to be its first day in service since completing mileage accumulation. On this day the tram &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=15122\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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\/15122"}],"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=15122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15126,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15122\/revisions\/15126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}