{"id":25896,"date":"2019-02-05T22:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=25896"},"modified":"2019-02-05T20:29:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T20:29:04","slug":"37-returns-to-service-with-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=25896","title":{"rendered":"37 returns to service with batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>37<\/strong> has become the latest battery fitted tram to enter passenger service on West Midlands Metro with it making its first revenue earning runs on Tuesday 5th February. It had last run in service back on 22nd November 2018 before being withdrawn to allow installation of the batteries with recent weeks seeing the tram being thoroughly tested.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This testing was completed at the start of February \u2013 with it completing around the same amount of mileage during this as when it was originally cleared for service \u2013 allowing <strong>37<\/strong> to be cleared for passenger service once more. It then entered service during the morning of Tuesday 5th February.<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>37<\/strong> entering service it now means that a third of the fleet of 21 Urbos 3 trams have run in service with batteries, following in the footsteps of <strong>18<\/strong>, <strong>31<\/strong>, <strong>36<\/strong>, <strong>21<\/strong>, <strong>28<\/strong> and <strong>35<\/strong>. <strong>17<\/strong> looks likely to be number eight with this tram currently undergoing the installation work.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fitting of batteries to another tram there still remains just the one tram in the new blue West Midlands Metro livery (<strong>31<\/strong>). Others will receive the new vinyls at some point in the future but for the time being it doesn\u2019t seem to be a priority.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25897\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=25897\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25897\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25897\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25897\" title=\"1.37-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1.37-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On its first day in passenger service 37 calls at Kenrick Park on the way to Grand Central.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25898\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=25898\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25898\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25898\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25898\" title=\"2.37-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2.37-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Bromwich Central is the location this time for another view of 37 in passenger service. (Photographs x2 by Andy Walters, 5th February 2019)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25899\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=25899\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25899\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25899\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25899\" title=\"3.37-mc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3.37-mc-550x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3.37-mc-550x372.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3.37-mc-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3.37-mc.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of 37 on 5th February as it is seen at Corporation Street outbound to Wolverhampton St George\u2019s during the evening peak. (Photograph by Mark Cufflin)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>37 has become the latest battery fitted tram to enter passenger service on West Midlands Metro with it making its first revenue earning runs on Tuesday 5th February. 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