{"id":47770,"date":"2022-12-21T22:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T22:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=47770"},"modified":"2022-12-21T19:08:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T19:08:54","slug":"in-pictures-47-enters-service-on-west-midlands-metro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=47770","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: 47 enters service on West Midlands Metro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was an early Christmas present for the West Midlands Metro on Monday 12<sup>th<\/sup> December when another of their Urbos100 trams entered service. This time it was <strong>47<\/strong> which carried its first passengers \u2013 the tenth of the Urbos100s to have entered service.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>47<\/strong> has been delivered to Wednesbury on 28<sup>th<\/sup> September 2022 but it seems that there had been a few issues during its commissioning which meant that it was very nearly three months before it was passed over to the operational fleet and able to enter service.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned above it\u2019s the tenth Urbos100 to be used in service and is also the 31<sup>st<\/sup> CAF built tram to carry passengers and the 47<sup>th<\/sup> tram to have run on the network since opening in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>The only tram on West Midlands Metro property which has yet to enter service now is <strong>48<\/strong>. This tram was delivered on 25<sup>th<\/sup> November 2022 and is currently undergoing mileage accumulation and testing before it too can enter service.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_47781\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=47781\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47781\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47781\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47781\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1.47-aw-550x369.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"369\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">47 heads round the curve from Victoria Square to Pinfold Street with the German Christmas Market beyond.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_47782\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=47782\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47782\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47782\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47782\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2.47-aw-550x408.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">47 stands at Edgbaston Village ahead of departure for Wolverhampton St George\u2019s.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_47783\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=47783\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47783\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47783\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47783\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/3.47-aw-550x371.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another shot of 47. This time its at Bilston Central and is bound for Edgbaston Village. (All Photographs by Andy Walters, 19th December 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was an early Christmas present for the West Midlands Metro on Monday 12th December when another of their Urbos100 trams entered service. 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