{"id":54575,"date":"2024-07-18T22:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T21:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=54575"},"modified":"2024-07-18T19:06:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T18:06:51","slug":"in-pictures-west-midlands-metro-58-advertises-kfc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=54575","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: West Midlands Metro 58 advertises KFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The highest numbered tram operating on the West Midlands Metro has had a bit of a makeover with <strong>58<\/strong> now carrying advertising vinyls for KFC. This is another case of the same company advertising on different tramways at the same time with this new advert being part of the same campaign as seen in Manchester where <strong>3047<\/strong> carries an advert livery.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The actual advert on <strong>58<\/strong> is very similar to that seen on <strong>3047<\/strong> with large pieces of chicken against a black background and the slogan \u201cBelieve in Chicken\u201d along with the KFC logo.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first advert that <strong>58<\/strong> has carried and becomes the third of the trams to currently carry advertising liveries. The others being <strong>44<\/strong> (National Trust) and <strong>45<\/strong> (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_54576\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1.58-mc.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54576\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1.58-mc-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1.58-mc-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1.58-mc-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1.58-mc.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-54576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">58 calls at Corporation Street on the way to Library with the KFC vinys in place. (Photograph by Mark Cufflin, 17th July 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_54577\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2.58-sp.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54577\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54577\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2.58-sp-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2.58-sp-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2.58-sp-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2.58-sp.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-54577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view, this time at Wednesbury Great Western Street with it on the way to Edgbaston Village. (Photograph by Shiv Patel, 17th July 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The highest numbered tram operating on the West Midlands Metro has had a bit of a makeover with 58 now carrying advertising vinyls for KFC. 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