{"id":21454,"date":"2018-04-04T20:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T19:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=21454"},"modified":"2018-04-04T18:04:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T17:04:36","slug":"in-pictures-midland-metro-18-under-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=21454","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Midland Metro 18 under attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The entry into service of battery operated Urbos3 <strong>18<\/strong> is still awaited with driver training having been taking place recently. During a pause in this \u2013 and the continued testing\/commissioned ahead of its first passenger use \u2013 the tram was enjoying some attention in the depot yard with it slightly raised to allow the work to take place. Photos from Andy Walters.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21455\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=21455\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21455\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21455\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21455\" title=\"1.18-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1.18-aw2-550x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">18 in the depot yard.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21456\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=21456\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21456\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21456\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21456\" title=\"2.18-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2.18-aw-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A close-up of the front of 18 raised on blocks. (Both Photographs by Andy Walters, 20th March 2018)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The entry into service of battery operated Urbos3 18 is still awaited with driver training having been taking place recently. During a pause in this \u2013 and the continued testing\/commissioned ahead of its first passenger use \u2013 the tram was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=21454\">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":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21454"}],"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=21454"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21616,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21454\/revisions\/21616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}