{"id":24669,"date":"2018-11-18T15:07:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T15:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=24669"},"modified":"2018-11-18T15:07:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T15:07:35","slug":"fleet-livery-returns-for-a-couple-m5000s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=24669","title":{"rendered":"Fleet livery returns for a couple M5000s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst on systems such as Blackpool and Nottingham advert liveries are applied and then remain in place for several years (even after the expiry of their contracts!) the situation on Manchester Metrolink is very different with short-term vinyl wraps not uncommon. And another two trams have proven this point with <strong>3052<\/strong> (ex-Easy Jet) and <strong>3058<\/strong> (formerly in Catch the Moment branding) both recently returning to standard fleet colours.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24670\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=24670\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24670\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24670\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24670\" title=\"3058-kl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3058-kl-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3058-kl-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3058-kl-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3058-kl.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It may have only been a partial vinyl wrap but 3058 is now back in full fleet livery once again with the Catch the Moment branding now removed. The tram is seen here on 17th November close to Shudehill working through to Manchester Airport. (Photograph by Kian Lewis)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst on systems such as Blackpool and Nottingham advert liveries are applied and then remain in place for several years (even after the expiry of their contracts!) the situation on Manchester Metrolink is very different with short-term vinyl wraps not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=24669\">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\/24669"}],"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=24669"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24676,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24669\/revisions\/24676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}