{"id":2310,"date":"2012-11-13T20:10:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T20:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2012-11-13T20:13:55","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T20:13:55","slug":"in-pictures-metrolink-testing-on-east-manchester-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2310","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Metrolink testing on East Manchester Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As previously reported on <em>British Trams Online<\/em> testing took place on the East Manchester Line extension of Metrolink at the end of October with two trams being out stationed during the day at New Islington stop to allow the testing to take place over night. M5000s <strong>3052 <\/strong>and <strong>3054<\/strong> were the two vehicles used on this testing and if you carry on reading this article you can view a few photos of the trams in situ at New Islington.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2311\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=2311\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2311\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2311\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2311\" title=\"P1000529\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P1000529-550x345.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P1000529-550x345.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P1000529.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3052 and 3054 are seen here in the platform at New Islington stop on the East Manchester Line of Metrolink on 26th October 2012. Both trams were being used on overnight tests and were stabled here during the day. (Photo: Steve Hyde)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2312\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=2312\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2312\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2312\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2312\" title=\"P1000532\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P1000532-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P1000532-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P1000532.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of the two trams at New Islington. Both vehicles are now back at the Depot. (Photo: Steve Hyde)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2313\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=2313\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2313\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2313\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2313\" title=\"P1000533\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P1000533-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P1000533-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P1000533.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And one final view of 3052 and 3054. (Photo: Steve Hyde)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As previously reported on British Trams Online testing took place on the East Manchester Line extension of Metrolink at the end of October with two trams being out stationed during the day at New Islington stop to allow the testing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2310\">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\/2310"}],"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=2310"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2318,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310\/revisions\/2318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}