{"id":50767,"date":"2023-08-23T22:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T21:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=50767"},"modified":"2023-08-23T19:39:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T18:39:03","slug":"in-pictures-29-the-latest-tram-to-head-to-worksop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=50767","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: 29 the latest tram to head to Worksop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The continued movement of Urbos3 trams from West Midlands Metro\u2019s Wednesbury Depot to storage at Worksop has seen <strong>29<\/strong> become the latest tram to make the move. This is at least the third (and possibly the fourth) of the repaired Urbos3 trams which have made the move to Nottinghamshire for temporary storage.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Its just short of nine years since <strong>29<\/strong> originally arrived at Wednesbury with its delivery recorded as being on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> September 2014. By this time the first of the class had entered service but 29 had to wait for a little while with it not being accepted until 23<sup>rd<\/sup> April 2015. Batteries followed in 2019 with a return to action being on 19<sup>th<\/sup> June.\u00a0 As with the rest of the fleet it was withdrawn when the bodyside cracks were discovered and was moved to Dudley in December 2022 to allow repairs to take place. Back to the West Midlands Metro in March 2023 it then returned to service on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The move of <strong>29<\/strong> was again conducted by Allely\u2019s with the tram making its departure on Monday 21<sup>st<\/sup> August 2023.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50768\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=50768\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50768\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50768\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1.29-mm-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1.29-mm-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1.29-mm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1.29-mm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1.29-mm.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">29 comes out of the depot having been loaded onto the lorry.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_50769\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=50769\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50769\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50769\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50769\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2.29-mm-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2.29-mm-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2.29-mm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2.29-mm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2.29-mm.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With the Police escort keeping an eye on things 29 sets off for Worksop. (Photographs x2 by Michael Morton, 21st August 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_50770\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=50770\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50770\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50770\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50770\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/3.29-aw-550x306.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The length of the trailer needed to transport the tram is evident in this view as 29 heads away.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_50771\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=50771\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50771\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50771\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50771\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/4.29-aw-550x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"372\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signs were put up to let locals know that there was an abnormal load due \u2013 although the timings are quite wide! (Photographs x2 by Andy Walters, 21st August 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The continued movement of Urbos3 trams from West Midlands Metro\u2019s Wednesbury Depot to storage at Worksop has seen 29 become the latest tram to make the move. 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