{"id":51999,"date":"2023-12-13T21:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T21:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=51999"},"modified":"2023-12-13T18:13:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T18:13:37","slug":"in-pictures-blackpool-003-is-a-pretty-little-thing-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=51999","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Blackpool 003 is a Pretty Little Thing no more!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blackpool\u2019s Flexity2 <strong>003<\/strong> is back in fleet livery for the first time in over five years after its advertising vinyls for Pretty Little Thing were removed. The change to the tram occurred in the first full week of December and the tram was back in service by 10<sup>th<\/sup> December in the current purple and white fleet livery carried by the Flexity2 fleet.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>003<\/strong> is one of six Flexity2s which have carried adverts (of 18, so a third) with this design for Pretty Little Thing having been applied back in August 2018. At the same time sister <strong>016<\/strong> received an identical advert and it too is looking set to remove its vinyls soon as well.<\/p>\n<p>Blackpool weren\u2019t the only tramway in the UK to see ads for Pretty Little Thing \u2013 Stagecoach Supertram also had two (<strong>111<\/strong> and <strong>118<\/strong>) and these are still in place, albeit in a revised design from the original. These first appeared in April 2018. Meanwhile, Manchester Metrolink <strong>3103<\/strong> also had an ad for the company from October 2019-February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>003<\/strong>\u2019s advert having been removed (and <strong>016<\/strong>\u2019s following) it now means that <strong>012<\/strong> is the only tram with a full advert. This is for Pleasure Beach and was added in August 2023.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52000\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=52000\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52000\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52000\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52000\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/003-mm-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/003-mm-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/003-mm-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/003-mm-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/003-mm.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-52000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back in fleet livery again, 003 heads along Queens Promenade. (Photograph by Michael Morton, 10th December 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackpool\u2019s Flexity2 003 is back in fleet livery for the first time in over five years after its advertising vinyls for Pretty Little Thing were removed. 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