{"id":23007,"date":"2018-07-16T18:35:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T17:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=23007"},"modified":"2018-07-16T18:35:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T17:35:10","slug":"in-pictures-blue-is-the-colour-as-west-midlands-metro-new-livery-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=23007","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Blue is the colour as West Midlands Metro new livery unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some three weeks after Midland Metro became West Midlands Metro the new livery has been unveiled and it would be fair to say its very blue! Battery fitted <strong>31<\/strong> is the tram which has received the vinyls first off with the tram entering service for the first time in the new look for the evening rush hour on Monday 16th July.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>31<\/strong> had been receiving the vinyls over the past week or so at Wednesbury Depot behind closed doors with those passing the depot able to spy from a distance that it was starting to become bluer as time went by. With this work completed <strong>31<\/strong> was moved into the depot yard and then with the need for extra trams during the evening peak it was sent out in service on Monday 16th July becoming the first tram to carry the full West Midlands Metro colours.<\/p>\n<p>Of note <strong>31<\/strong> only ran in service with batteries in the Silver and Magenta livery for around five days \u2013 presumably pressed into service due to a chronic shortage of trams at that point with regular lower service frequency than advertised \u2013 before it was taken out of service again to have the vinyls applied.<\/p>\n<p>A number of other trams \u2013 which retain the Network West Midlands colour scheme \u2013 have also recently received West Midlands Metro logos which may suggest it will be some time before the complete fleet is in the new livery.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23008\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=23008\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23008\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23008\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23008\" title=\"31-mc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/31-mc-550x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/31-mc-550x298.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/31-mc-1024x556.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/31-mc.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">31 is seen at Corporation Street on Monday 16th July showing off its new colours. It certainly makes a different to what it has replaced! (Photograph by Mark Cufflin)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23009\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=23009\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23009\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23009\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23009\" title=\"2.22-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2.22-aw-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earlier on in the same day and 22 is seen at Wednesbury Parkway with new West Midlands Metro logos applied to the tram.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23010\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=23010\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23010\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23010\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23010\" title=\"3.30-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3.30-aw-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A close up of the logo on the side of the first section of the tram. This is 30.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23011\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=23011\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23011\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23011\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23011\" title=\"4.22-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/4.22-aw-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And a close-up of the logo now applied to the front of the trams above the fleet number.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23012\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=23012\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23012\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23012\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23012\" title=\"5.25+17-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/5.25+17-aw-550x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"372\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">25 and 17 pass at Wednesbury Parkway \u2013 both have had the new logos applied. (Photographs x4 by Andy Walters)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some three weeks after Midland Metro became West Midlands Metro the new livery has been unveiled and it would be fair to say its very blue! 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