{"id":46172,"date":"2022-08-29T21:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=46172"},"modified":"2022-08-31T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T09:43:00","slug":"metrolink-3145-enters-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=46172","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Metrolink 3145 enters service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This article has been updated with photos since original publication.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We now have an unusual situation in Manchester as there are no new trams waiting to be commissioned for service! <strong>3145<\/strong> has entered service with <strong>3146<\/strong> having not been delivered to the city just yet.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>3145<\/strong> was delivered to Queens Road Depot on 30<sup>th<\/sup> July 2022 and it has taken the usual 3-4 weeks to be prepared for service. The first reports we have received of its entry was on Wednesday 24<sup>th<\/sup> August with the tram being noted running on the Bury to Piccadilly service.<\/p>\n<p>In other news from Metrolink there are two adverts which have been removed \u2013 <strong>3081<\/strong> and <strong>3092<\/strong> and their Starling Bank ads \u2013 whilst <strong>3061<\/strong> has become the Pride tram for 2022 receiving the usual LGQBT+ coloured spots instead of the usual yellow spots.<\/p>\n<p>Back to new trams and there remain two more to be delivered to Manchester.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=46234\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46234\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-46234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1.3145-pg-413x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1.3145-pg-413x550.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1.3145-pg-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1.3145-pg.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46235\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=46235\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46235\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46235\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46235\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2.3145-pg-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2.3145-pg-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2.3145-pg-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2.3145-pg-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2.3145-pg.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two photos showing 3145 departing from Wythenshawe Park for Manchester Airport. (Both Photographs by Phil Gay, 26th August 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article has been updated with photos since original publication. We now have an unusual situation in Manchester as there are no new trams waiting to be commissioned for service! 3145 has entered service with 3146 having not been delivered &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=46172\">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":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46172"}],"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=46172"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46236,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46172\/revisions\/46236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}