{"id":56498,"date":"2024-12-15T10:30:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=56498"},"modified":"2024-12-15T08:58:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T08:58:51","slug":"out-and-about-manchester-metrolink-august-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=56498","title":{"rendered":"Out and About: Manchester Metrolink \u2013 August 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOut and About\u201d time again as we head into Manchester City Centre to see some of the trams in operation during some summer trackworks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56499\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1.3063-sh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56499\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1.3063-sh-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1.3063-sh-550x310.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1.3063-sh-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1.3063-sh.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We\u2019re at Victoria for this photo as we see 3063 arriving with a very confusing destination display! Its coming from the direction of the city centre but the display says its going to Etihad Campus via Piccadilly. This was a special service running during the engineering works with a peak-time Victoria to Etihad Campus service in operation with trams not able to travel from Piccadilly Gardens to St Peter\u2019s Square.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_56500\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2.3067-sh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56500\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2.3067-sh-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2.3067-sh-550x310.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2.3067-sh-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2.3067-sh.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another of the trams on the special Etihad Campus to Victoria service is seen here. This time its 3067 which is seen just arriving at Piccadilly Gardens.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_56501\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3.3128-sh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56501\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56501\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3.3128-sh-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3.3128-sh-550x310.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3.3128-sh-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3.3128-sh.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking over the top of the bridge outside Piccadilly Station we look down to London Road where we see 3128 running along the tramway on its way to Victoria. (All Photographs by Steven Hughes, 28th August 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOut and About\u201d time again as we head into Manchester City Centre to see some of the trams in operation during some summer trackworks.<\/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\/56498"}],"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=56498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56502,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56498\/revisions\/56502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}