{"id":55504,"date":"2024-09-30T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T17:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55504"},"modified":"2024-09-25T21:19:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T20:19:17","slug":"out-and-about-more-manchester-advert-liveries-april-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55504","title":{"rendered":"Out and About: More Manchester Advert liveries \u2013 April 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve previously featured a few of the early 2024 Metrolink advert liveries in \u201cOut and About\u201d and now we include a few more in this latest edition.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55505\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1.3069-mm.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55505\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55505\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1.3069-mm-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1.3069-mm-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1.3069-mm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1.3069-mm.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the brighter \u2013 but also plainer \u2013 adverts was for IKEA which was added onto 3069 in March. This is the second time that the tram has advertised the Swedish retailer. Its at St Peter\u2019s Square as the rear unit of a double on the way to Ashton.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_55506\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2.3091-mm.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55506\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2.3091-mm-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2.3091-mm-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2.3091-mm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2.3091-mm.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3091 was one of two trams to receive identical ads for Starling Bank in March 2024 \u2013 the second time they had two adverts at the same time. We capture the tram here at St Peter\u2019s Square when it\u2019s the lead tram in a double unit.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_55507\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/3.3116-mm.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55507\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55507\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/3.3116-mm-550x369.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/3.3116-mm-550x369.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/3.3116-mm-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/3.3116-mm.jpg 1287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And 3116 started to advertise the National Trust in March 2024 as part of their Blossom Watch campaign (West Midlands Metro 44 also received a similar ad just before this one was unveiled). At Deansgate Castlefield its at the head of a double which is off to East Didsbury. (All Photographs by Michael Morton, 17th April 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve previously featured a few of the early 2024 Metrolink advert liveries in \u201cOut and About\u201d and now we include a few more in this latest edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,100],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55504"}],"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=55504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55508,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55504\/revisions\/55508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}