{"id":40991,"date":"2021-08-15T14:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=40991"},"modified":"2021-08-16T18:49:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T17:49:04","slug":"3128-enters-service-on-metrolink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=40991","title":{"rendered":"3128 enters service on Metrolink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Manchester Metrolink network \u2013 now working a reduced timetable because of staff shortages \u2013 has now welcomed a further tram into service with <strong>3128<\/strong> entering service on Monday 9th August 2021.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>3128<\/strong> had been delivered to Manchester on 17<sup>th<\/sup> July 2021 and has obviously been through the commissioning and mileage accumulation phase to allow it to be cleared for service. Having entered service on 9th August it has seen a lot of use on the Rochdale line including on 11<sup>th <\/sup>, 13th and 14th August working as a pair.<\/p>\n<p>Its also not know whether <strong>3127<\/strong> has yet to enter service. It would be unusual if <strong>3128<\/strong> had pushed in to enter service so if anyone has any confirmation one way or the other for <strong>3127<\/strong> please let us know!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41044\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=41044\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41044\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41044\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41044\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.31283065-ls-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.31283065-ls-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.31283065-ls-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.31283065-ls-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.31283065-ls.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3128 was partnered with 3065 on Friday 13th August and it is seen here sitting at East Didsbury before heading back to Rochdale.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_41045\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=41045\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41045\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41045\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2.3075-ls-550x397.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2.3075-ls-550x397.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2.3075-ls-1024x739.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2.3075-ls-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2.3075-ls.jpg 1287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Its not a new tram but it is an advert we haven&#8217;t featured on the news pages before so it sits here as well as anywhere else! 3075 in its The Trafford Centre advert as it leaves St Peter&#8217;s Square for East Didsbury on 9th July 2021. (Photographs x2 by Lee Standford)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_41063\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=41063\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41063\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41063\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41063\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3128-pg-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3128-pg-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3128-pg-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3128-pg-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3128-pg.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another look at the recently introduced 3128 which is seen at Rochdale Railway Station when working a service to Monsall as a result of engineering works at Victoria. (Photograph by Paul Gilbert, 14th August 2021)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Manchester Metrolink network \u2013 now working a reduced timetable because of staff shortages \u2013 has now welcomed a further tram into service with 3128 entering service on Monday 9th August 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41044,"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\/40991"}],"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=40991"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41112,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40991\/revisions\/41112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}