{"id":2985,"date":"2013-02-16T16:04:39","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T16:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2985"},"modified":"2013-02-16T16:04:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-16T16:04:40","slug":"in-pictures-more-from-the-east-manchester-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2985","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: More from the East Manchester Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As reported extensively over the past week the East Manchester Line of Manchester Metrolink started passenger services on Friday 8th February (the first three days should have been for local residents in possession of a special ticket only) before full commercial services commenced officially on Monday 11th February. As well as a Photo Gallery from the first day of commercial services (coming soon!) we also bring you a few more images from the camera of <strong>Ralph Oakes-Garnett<\/strong> of trams running during the preview service on Friday 8th February.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2986\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=2986\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2986\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2986\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2986\" title=\"20130208_125048\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208_125048-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208_125048-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208_125048-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208_125048.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3012 on Pollard Street heading for Bury. (Photo: Ralph Oakes-Garnett)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2987\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=2987\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2987\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2987\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2987\" title=\"20130208_125659(002)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208_125659002-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208_125659002-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208_125659002-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208_125659002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3017 approaches Holt Town with Russel Crowe looking on to make sure everything&#39;s going according to plan. (Photo: Ralph Oakes-Garnett)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2988\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=2988\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2988\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2988\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2988\" title=\"20130208_132225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208_132225-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208_132225-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208_132225-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/20130208_132225.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3060 approaches Ethihad Campus with a service bound for Droylsden. (Photo: Ralph Oakes-Garnett)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported extensively over the past week the East Manchester Line of Manchester Metrolink started passenger services on Friday 8th February (the first three days should have been for local residents in possession of a special ticket only) before full &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2985\">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\/2985"}],"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=2985"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2990,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985\/revisions\/2990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}