{"id":32832,"date":"2020-03-04T21:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T21:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=32832"},"modified":"2020-03-04T19:48:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T19:48:53","slug":"in-pictures-nice-one%e2%80%a6cyrille-regis-on-the-way-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=32832","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Nice one\u2026Cyrille Regis on the way back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After being out of service for almost seven months, <strong>West Midlands Metro 31<\/strong> \u2013 named Cyrille Regis MBE \u2013 is on the road to return with testing now underway following accident repairs. The tram was back on the rails on Wednesday 4th March \u2013 the first time it had been seen outside of the depot since it was involved in an accident in Wolverhampton back on 19th August 2019.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The damage caused to <strong>31<\/strong> last August was found not be as serious as initially feared and as a result the tram did not need to be sent away for repairs although they have still taken some time at Wednesbury. Press reports late last year had quoted officials from Transport for West Midlands stating that they hoped <strong>31<\/strong> would be back in service in time for the opening of the Birmingham Westside extension but in the event this wasn\u2019t possible but it shouldn\u2019t be too long before Cyrille Regis is carrying fare paying passengers once more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32833\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=32833\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32833\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32833\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32833\" title=\"1.31-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1.31-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">31 stands at Wednesbury Parkway in between test runs.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32834\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=32834\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32834\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32834\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32834\" title=\"2.31-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2.31-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">31 passes through The Hawthorns on the way towards Birmingham.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32835\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=32835\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32835\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32835\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32835\" title=\"3.31-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/3.31-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here we see 31 at West Bromwich Central as it heads back towards the depot. (All Photographs by Andy Walters, 4th March 2020)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being out of service for almost seven months, West Midlands Metro 31 \u2013 named Cyrille Regis MBE \u2013 is on the road to return with testing now underway following accident repairs. 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