{"id":57129,"date":"2025-02-06T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=57129"},"modified":"2025-02-06T19:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T19:19:06","slug":"in-pictures-triple-tram-in-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=57129","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Triple tram in Manchester!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have become very used to seeing double trams in Manchester with the extra capacity vital on the network for certain services and lines. But its not often that we have seen triple trams, although we change that here as Friday 31<sup>st<\/sup> January 2025 saw that very thing happen \u2013 although of course they weren\u2019t in service with it being part of a rescue after a failure.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The three trams involved were <strong>3035<\/strong> plus Starling Bank pair <strong>3091<\/strong> and <strong>3102<\/strong>. The Starling Bank trams have been running as a pair for a few weeks \u2013 two advert trams running as a double together is unusual enough, but for two to have the same advert when running together is more unusual.<\/p>\n<p>After a failure they worked as a trio back to Trafford Depot and were captured on camera with this unusual move.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57130\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1.trio-rh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57130\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57130\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1.trio-rh-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1.trio-rh-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1.trio-rh-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1.trio-rh.jpg 1285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cornbrook is the location that this unusual move was seen and here we see the coupling between 3091 (right) and 3102 (left).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_57131\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2.trio-rh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57131\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57131\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2.trio-rh-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2.trio-rh-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2.trio-rh-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2.trio-rh.jpg 1285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And then we see the rear of the consist as 3035 is the third of three trams with all of them off to Trafford Depot. (All Photographs by Reece Hughes, 31st January 2025)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have become very used to seeing double trams in Manchester with the extra capacity vital on the network for certain services and lines. 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