{"id":51089,"date":"2023-09-23T22:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T21:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=51089"},"modified":"2023-09-19T21:59:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T20:59:54","slug":"in-pictures-metrolink-3079-says-yellow-to-the-bee-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=51089","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Metrolink 3079 says \u201cyellow\u201d to the Bee Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester\u2019s new Bee Network will officially be launching from 24<sup>th<\/sup> September 2023 and in preparation for this Metrolink <strong>3079<\/strong> has received a new advertising livery as it asks you to say \u201cyellow\u201d to the new public transport network in the region as bus services will be under public control for the first time in 40 years.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Often when trams receive a yellow based advertising livery the shades of yellow between the Metrolink yellow and the advert yellow have had a tendency not to match but there is no such problem this time as they do appear to match which makes it look like a seamless livery for a change!<\/p>\n<p>This is the third time that <strong>3079<\/strong> has come out of standard fleet colours \u2013 and all have been since this April! Its first was for Soccer Aid and then in June 2023 it received an advert for Greater Manchester Good Employment Week and now September 2023 sees it in a Bee Network livery.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51090\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=51090\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51090\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51090\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51090\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3079-rh-550x414.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3079-rh-550x414.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3079-rh-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3079-rh.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3079 stands at Deansgate-Castlefield on what was thought to be its first day running with this advert. (Photograph by Reece Hughes, 18th September 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester\u2019s new Bee Network will officially be launching from 24th September 2023 and in preparation for this Metrolink 3079 has received a new advertising livery as it asks you to say \u201cyellow\u201d to the new public transport network in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=51089\">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":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51089"}],"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=51089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51091,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51089\/revisions\/51091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}