{"id":43800,"date":"2022-02-19T22:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T22:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=43800"},"modified":"2022-02-19T13:34:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T13:34:15","slug":"in-pictures-metrolink-3136-delivered-to-queens-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=43800","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Metrolink 3136 delivered to Queens Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You wait ages for a new tram to turn up and then two turn up within a few weeks of each other! Coming just two weeks after <strong>3135<\/strong> was delivered to Queens Road Depot, Manchester Metrolink\u2019s latest M5000 \u2013 <strong>3136<\/strong> \u2013 arrived at the depot on Saturday 12<sup>th<\/sup> February 2022.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>3136<\/strong> took the well-trodden path to Manchester via Hull Docks and arrived at Queens Road shortly before midday where it was soon off loaded from the back of the lorry to allow a start to be made on its commissioning.<\/p>\n<p>It is joined in being commissioned by the previous arrival \u2013 <strong>3135<\/strong> \u2013 which had only arrived at the depot on 29<sup>th<\/sup> January 2022 and has yet to be noted in passenger service.<\/p>\n<p>There are now just a further 11 of the trams due to be delivered to bring the total fleet size up to 147.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43801\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=43801\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43801\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43801\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43801\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1.3136-bw-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1.3136-bw-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1.3136-bw-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1.3136-bw-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1.3136-bw.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3136 on the final stages of its journey with checks seemingly being made that the load remains secure at the rear of the lorry.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_43802\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=43802\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43802\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43802\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43802\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2.3136-bw-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2.3136-bw-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2.3136-bw-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2.3136-bw-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2.3136-bw.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another shot of 3136 as it swings round to the depot. (Both Photographs by Ben Worsley, 12th February 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You wait ages for a new tram to turn up and then two turn up within a few weeks of each other! Coming just two weeks after 3135 was delivered to Queens Road Depot, Manchester Metrolink\u2019s latest M5000 \u2013 3136 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=43800\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43802,"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\/43800"}],"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=43800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43803,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43800\/revisions\/43803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}