{"id":52500,"date":"2024-01-31T21:00:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T21:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=52500"},"modified":"2024-01-31T19:19:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T19:19:42","slug":"in-pictures-006-starts-to-receive-odas-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=52500","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: 006 starts to receive ODAS cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"

Its been a while since we\u2019ve seen more trams fitted with ODAS cameras on the Blackpool Tramway but another Flexity2 is on the way with 006<\/strong> being half fitted and presumably the rest will follow in due course.<\/p>\n

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In case you\u2019ve not been reading up on just what ODAS cameras are, these are all part of the equipment needed for the \u201cObstacle Detection Avoidance System\u201d. As suggested by the name this system aim to prevent collisions when the tram comes across something on the tracks, if it does then the tram is brought to a gentle stop.<\/p>\n

006<\/strong> has, so far, received the cameras at one end only and Saturday 27th<\/sup> January 2024 was the first day that it had operated with them fitted. However, it wasn\u2019t in for service for long and when seen in the below image it was on the way to Starr Gate (running late) and was then taken out of use with 013<\/strong> (already ODAS fitted) replacing it in service.<\/p>\n