{"id":49666,"date":"2023-05-23T22:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=49666"},"modified":"2023-05-23T19:28:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T18:28:40","slug":"in-pictures-another-tram-for-west-midlands-metro-as-56-is-delivered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=49666","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Another tram for West Midlands Metro as 56 is delivered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What we would do for content if its wasn\u2019t for the West Midlands Metro and their never ending tram deliveries?! Monday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> May saw the system welcome the latest Urbos100 from Spain with <strong>56<\/strong> being delivered \u2013 the 15<sup>th<\/sup> of this class to now have arrived at Wednesbury Depot.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>56<\/strong> had been spotted on the motorways in Spain at the end of last week so it was known it was on its way and it duly made the trip by ferry before the final part of the journey was made via road within the UK. It arrived in Bristol on Saturday morning and then waited there until early on Monday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> May. Originally expected to arrive at Wednesbury around lunchtime it was delayed by custom checks and so didn\u2019t arrive at the depot until 1520.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of <strong>56<\/strong> comes just 12 days after <strong>57<\/strong> arrived and as with that delivery, <strong>56<\/strong> was unloaded at the depot instead of the recent arrangement of being delivered on Bilston Road and then towed back to Wednesbury by another tram.<\/p>\n<p>So far, 13 of the Urbos100 have entered service. This started with <strong>38<\/strong>, <strong>39<\/strong> and <strong>40<\/strong> on 15<sup>th<\/sup> December 2021 with the most recent entry into service being that of 41 on 11<sup>th<\/sup> May 2023. Although there have been some suggestions that <strong>49<\/strong> has also been delivered there has been no definite sighting of this tram as yet and its believed that <strong>56<\/strong> and <strong>57<\/strong> are the only two currently awaiting commissioning.<\/p>\n<p>If our belief is true then that leaves <strong>49<\/strong>, <strong>50<\/strong>, <strong>52<\/strong>, <strong>54<\/strong>, <strong>55<\/strong> and <strong>58<\/strong> of the original order for 21 to come plus the extra tram \u2013 <strong>59<\/strong> \u2013 being offered free of charge to West Midlands Metro.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_49667\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=49667\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49667\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49667\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49667\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1.56-aw-550x294.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With works taking place around the depot it\u2019s a tight squeeze for deliveries (which is why they had been using Bilston Road instead).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_49668\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=49668\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49668\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49668\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49668\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2.56-aw-550x304.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">56 is welcomed to the West Midlands.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_49669\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=49669\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49669\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49669\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49669\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3.56-aw-550x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">56 makes the tight turn into depot. (All Photographs by Andy Walters, 22nd May 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What we would do for content if its wasn\u2019t for the West Midlands Metro and their never ending tram deliveries?! 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