{"id":46537,"date":"2022-09-30T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=46537"},"modified":"2022-09-30T21:05:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:05:33","slug":"in-pictures-urbos100-47-arrives-in-the-west-midlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=46537","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Urbos100 47 arrives in the West Midlands as 46 enters service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article is somewhat of a correction as we had previously been told that West Midlands Metro Urbos100 <strong>47<\/strong> had arrived on the same day as <strong>46<\/strong> (10<sup>th<\/sup> August 2022) but now it appears that was rather erroneous information as its been pictured turning up at Wednesbury on 28<sup>th<\/sup> September 2022 \u2013 that is unless it went for a drive round the block to be photographed arriving of course!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>47<\/strong> is the tenth of 21 Urbos100 trams which are currently on order for the West Midlands Metro. Built by CAF in Zaragoza, Spain the first eight were delivered in 2021 (arriving between 9<sup>th<\/sup> June and 10<sup>th<\/sup> November) and then entered service in late 2021 and mid-2022 (with the entry into service of the last couple delayed by the complete suspension of services). It was then planned that the remaining 13 would be delivered \u201cby 2023\u201d and this started with the arrival of <strong>46<\/strong> on 10<sup>th<\/sup> August 2022 and now followed by <strong>47<\/strong> on 28<sup>th<\/sup> September.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>46<\/strong> has now entered service having completed its commisioning and mileage accumulation. It was first seen in action on Friday 30th September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Further deliveries are expected over the next few months.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46538\" style=\"width: 381px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=46538\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46538\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46538\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46538\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1.47-aw-371x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"550\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An end on view of 47 as it arrives.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_46539\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=46539\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46539\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46539\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2.47-aw-550x254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"254\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">47 takes the tight turn into the depot as it arrives as its new home.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_46540\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=46540\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46540\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46540\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3.47-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another shot of 47 on the back of the low loader.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_46541\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=46541\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46541\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46541\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46541\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4.47-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">47 and the lorry in Wednesbury once more. (Photographs x4 by Andy Walters, 28th September 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_46552\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=46552\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46552\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46552\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46552\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5.46-mc-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5.46-mc-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5.46-mc-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5.46-mc-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5.46-mc.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">46 on its first day in service pauses at West Bromwich Central. (Photograph by Mark Cufflin, 30th September 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is somewhat of a correction as we had previously been told that West Midlands Metro Urbos100 47 had arrived on the same day as 46 (10th August 2022) but now it appears that was rather erroneous information as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=46537\">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":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46537"}],"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=46537"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46553,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46537\/revisions\/46553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}