{"id":42869,"date":"2021-12-14T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=42869"},"modified":"2021-12-12T10:44:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T10:44:51","slug":"15-years-apart-london-tramlink-2538","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=42869","title":{"rendered":"15 Years Apart: London Tramlink 2538"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This edition of \u201c15 Years Apart\u201d again features a modern tram as we take a trip to South London and the Tramlink system.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The first image included here was taken on 15<sup>th<\/sup> March 2006 at Sandilands and shows Bombardier built CR4000 <strong>2538<\/strong> standing at the stop on the way to New Addington. At this time the system was still known officially as Croydon Tramlink and this tram retained its original roller blind as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=42870\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42870\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42870\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1.2538-gp-550x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1.2538-gp-550x365.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1.2538-gp-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1.2538-gp-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1.2538-gp.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leaping forward to 21<sup>st<\/sup> September 2021 and <strong>2538<\/strong> has had a change of look with its previous red and white corporate style replaced by the new London Tramlink colour scheme of lime green, blue and white. Its just leaving Blackhorse Lane as it heads off to Beckenham Junction.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42871\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=42871\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42871\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42871\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42871\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2.2538-gp-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2.2538-gp-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2.2538-gp-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2.2538-gp-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2.2538-gp.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both Photographs by Gareth Prior<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This edition of \u201c15 Years Apart\u201d again features a modern tram as we take a trip to South London and the Tramlink system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[77,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42869"}],"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=42869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42872,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42869\/revisions\/42872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}