{"id":39244,"date":"2021-04-27T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=39244"},"modified":"2021-04-27T16:26:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T15:26:09","slug":"in-pictures-london-transport-1622-returns-to-the-rails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=39244","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: London Transport 1622 returns to the rails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having last run in service during 2016, all being well 2021 should see a return to service of <strong>London Transport 1622<\/strong> at the Crich Tramway Village with the tram making a brief appearance out on the mainline on Saturday 24<sup>th<\/sup> April \u2013 the start of the commissioning process.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>1622<\/strong> has been receiving an extensive overhaul in the Workshops at Crich over the past couple of years which has also seen it receive a complete repaint along with the application of some external advertising and the finished result is stunning!<\/p>\n<p>The first runs out of the mainline were part of the commissioning process and saw it run down to Town End on a proving run. Over the coming weeks full testing will get underway before <strong>1622<\/strong> is handed over to the operating department and the tram can once again be used in service.<\/p>\n<p>It looks likely that 2021 \u2013 at least initially \u2013 will see a smaller operational fleet than in recent (pre-pandemic) years. So far eight different trams have been used in service: <strong>Chesterfield 7<\/strong>, <strong>Glasgow 22<\/strong>, <strong>London County Council 106<\/strong>, <strong>Blackpool 167<\/strong>, <strong>Blackpool 236<\/strong>, <strong>Oporto 273<\/strong>, <strong>Leeds 345<\/strong> and <strong>Leeds 399<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39245\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=39245\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39245\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39245\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39245\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1.1622106-rb-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1.1622106-rb-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1.1622106-rb-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1.1622106-rb.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two London trams pass at Stephenson Place. With London County Council 106 heading off up the line we see London Passenger Transport Board 1622 alongside waiting on it proving run.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_39246\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=39246\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39246\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39246\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39246\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2.16227-rb-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2.16227-rb-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2.16227-rb-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2.16227-rb.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another look at 1622 showing off the stunning paintwork and new external advertising. Chesterfield 7 is also in the shot. (Both Photographs by Ryan Breen, 24th April 2021)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having last run in service during 2016, all being well 2021 should see a return to service of London Transport 1622 at the Crich Tramway Village with the tram making a brief appearance out on the mainline on Saturday 24th &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=39244\">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":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39244"}],"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=39244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39247,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39244\/revisions\/39247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}