{"id":16396,"date":"2017-01-18T20:41:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T20:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=16396"},"modified":"2017-01-18T20:41:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T20:41:47","slug":"in-pictures-metrolink-second-city-crossing-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=16396","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Metrolink Second City Crossing testing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Testing on Manchester Metrolink\u2019s Second City Crossing (2CC) has begun again ahead of an opening of the line in \u201cearly 2017\u201d. In the early hours of 16th January double M5000 3004<\/strong>+3059<\/strong> was used on the test runs between Victoria and Deansgate-Castlefield which included a reversal at Exchange Square from Deansgate. Steve Hyde was on the scene and has kindly provided the following images showing the testing.<\/p>\n

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Taken at the south end of St Peters Square shows the test formation of 3059 and 3004 on the 2CC approach to St Peters Square at the start of testing.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Was taken a few minutes later with the double unit standing at the 2CC northbound platform prior to departure along the new route.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Is a view along Princess Street as the test trams with 3004 trailing head away towards Cross Street.<\/p><\/div>\n

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We are now on Cross Street and see the trams returning south after reversing on the crossover near Exchange Square.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Still on Cross Street 3004 and 3059 cross King Street and approach the junction at Princess Street.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Standing on the corner of Cross Street and Princess Street we see the test trams negotiating the junction, Albert Square and Manchester Town Hall can just be seen in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Is again a view along Cross Street with 3059 and 3004 heading north over King Street junction.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Taken along Princess Street as 3004 and 3059 turn off Princess Street into St Peters Square. (All Photographs by Steve Hyde)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Testing on Manchester Metrolink\u2019s Second City Crossing (2CC) has begun again ahead of an opening of the line in \u201cearly 2017\u201d. In the early hours of 16th January double M5000 3004+3059 was used on the test runs between Victoria and … 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\/16396"}],"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=16396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16406,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16396\/revisions\/16406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}