{"id":24771,"date":"2018-11-26T21:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=24771"},"modified":"2018-11-26T12:35:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T12:35:58","slug":"in-pictures-batteries-installed-on-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=24771","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Batteries installed on 35"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The battery revolution on the West Midlands Metro is continuing with the next tram to have received them \u2013 the sixth of the class \u2013 being <strong>35<\/strong>. The CAF built tram has not yet entered service but has been spotted outside the depot at Wednesbury sporting the battery compartment on the roof. Testing is likely to commence shortly ahead of its entry into service. Andy Walters captured the following images for us.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24772\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=24772\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24772\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24772\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24772\" title=\"1.35-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1.35-aw-550x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One end of 35 is seen here outside the depot. The battery compartment is visible on the roof.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24773\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=24773\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24773\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24773\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24773\" title=\"2.35-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2.35-aw-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The other end of 35 also has the battery compartment. Also note T69 16 still stored in the depot yard behind. (Both Photographs by Andy Walters, 24th November 2018)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The battery revolution on the West Midlands Metro is continuing with the next tram to have received them \u2013 the sixth of the class \u2013 being 35. The CAF built tram has not yet entered service but has been spotted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=24771\">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\/24771"}],"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=24771"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24783,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24771\/revisions\/24783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}