{"id":45774,"date":"2022-07-19T22:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=45774"},"modified":"2022-07-19T19:52:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T18:52:18","slug":"in-pictures-the-arrival-of-metrolinks-new-trams-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=45774","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: The arrival of Metrolink\u2019s new trams continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 16<sup>th<\/sup> July saw the latest new M5000 for Manchester Metrolink arrive in its new home city with <strong>3144<\/strong> being delivered to Queens Road Depot as normal. The 144<sup>th<\/sup> of the class to have been delivered its arrival now means that we only have to wait for three more to come and at the current rate it looks set to be at some point in September that the milestone final delivery is made.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>3144<\/strong> arrived at Queens Road Depot shortly after 1100 having taken it usual route from mainland Europe via Hull Docks. Except to say that it was quickly unloaded and moved into the workshops for initial commissioning to start there isn\u2019t much else to say when it\u2019s the 144<sup>th<\/sup> tram to have arrived!<\/p>\n<p>Trams up to and included <strong>3142<\/strong> have run in service on Metrolink with <strong>3143<\/strong> (delivered 25<sup>th<\/sup> June) still undergoing commissioning before it too can be cleared for service.<\/p>\n<p>Just <strong>3145<\/strong>, <strong>3146<\/strong> and <strong>3147<\/strong> to go!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45775\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=45775\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45775\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45775\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45775\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1.3144-rh-550x414.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1.3144-rh-550x414.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1.3144-rh-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1.3144-rh-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1.3144-rh.jpg 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3144 arrives at its new home.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_45776\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=45776\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45776\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45776\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2.3144-rh-550x414.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2.3144-rh-550x414.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2.3144-rh-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2.3144-rh-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2.3144-rh.jpg 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another shot of the tram in Queens Road Depot ahead of it being unloaded. (Photographs x2 by Reece Hughes, 16th July 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_45791\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=45791\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45791\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45791\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45791\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3.3144-bw-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3.3144-bw-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3.3144-bw-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3.3144-bw-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3.3144-bw.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another look at 3144 in the depot confines waiting for unloading. (Photograph by Ben Worsley, 16th July 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 16th July saw the latest new M5000 for Manchester Metrolink arrive in its new home city with 3144 being delivered to Queens Road Depot as normal. 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