{"id":50625,"date":"2023-08-11T21:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=50625"},"modified":"2023-08-20T19:06:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T18:06:47","slug":"west-midlands-metro-trams-on-the-move-again-to-worksop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=50625","title":{"rendered":"West Midlands Metro trams on the move again \u2013 to Worksop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article updated 20\/8\/23 with photos<\/em><\/p>\n

There was a time when seeing a tram on back of a lorry was a rare sight which made it incredibly newsworthy. But the past few years have seen tram moves becoming ten a penny, if its not another Blackpool tram being moved (often back to where it came from a couple of years ago!) it\u2019s a modern tram arriving at its new home. Probably the biggest customer for haulage companies over the past few years has been the West Midlands Metro and it looks like they have found another reason to get on the back of a lorry.<\/p>\n

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We all know that there have been major issues with the original Urbos3 trams with repairs required to their bodyside panels after cracks were discovered. This has seen this some of this 21 strong class move to Dudley for repairs (plus one went to Wolverton) and although a short distance the sight of one of these trams on a lorry has been fairly common as they go in both directions for their repairs to happen. Coupled to that has been the continued delivery of the newer Urbos100 trams to the region after construction in Spain.<\/p>\n

And now there are set to be more moves as because of limited storage space at Wednesbury Depot whilst expansion works take place a small number of Urbos3s are to be moved away for further storage. Despite the fact that the majority of the trams have received some form of repair fairly recently, up to five are expected to be moved to the off-site storage at Worksop.<\/p>\n

The first of the trams to move was 17<\/strong> which had been in service very recently but has now headed to Nottinghamshire to the Harry Needle site, which has been used for the storage of mainline trains ahead of their delayed introduction into service over the past few years. This is the first time that a tram has been stored there though.<\/p>\n

17<\/strong> departed from Wednesbury on Tuesday 8th<\/sup> August.<\/p>\n

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17 is seen on the A42 when being transported to Worksop. (Both Photographs by Richard Shaw, 8th August 2023. Taken from parking areas on the A42)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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