{"id":58103,"date":"2025-04-16T22:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T21:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=58103"},"modified":"2025-04-19T09:43:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T08:43:53","slug":"in-pictures-3061-receives-latest-advert-in-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=58103","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: 3061 receives latest advert in Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester Metrolink M5000 <strong>3061<\/strong> has become the latest tram on the network to carry advertising vinyls with a new design applied for Allied World. This marks a return to advertising for the tram having lost its last wrap in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The advert is a \u201ctwo ended\u201d design with one half of the trams having a red background and the other being black. It\u2019s a very simple advert with just the Allied World logo ad name on the main bodyside with further writing on the angled section of the tram before the roof. Allied World are an insurance company,<\/p>\n<p><strong>3061<\/strong> was seen for the first time carrying this advert on Thursday 10th April 2025 and it\u2019s the eighth different ad to have been carried on the tram:<\/p>\n<p>Babyliss \u2013 September-October 2019<\/p>\n<p>GetOnBoard \u2013 October-December 2022<\/p>\n<p>Pegasus Airlines \u2013 May-November 2023<\/p>\n<p>Rochdale Town Hall \u2013 February-May 2024<\/p>\n<p>Rockstar energy drink \u2013 June-August 2024<\/p>\n<p>4<sup>th<\/sup> Arq \u2013 September-November 2024<\/p>\n<p>Asos \u2013 November-December 2024<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58104\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.3061-mm.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58104\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58104\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.3061-mm-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.3061-mm-550x310.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.3061-mm-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.3061-mm.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-58104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3061 (as the back unit of a double) arrives at St Peter\u2019s Square. This shows the black half of the tram.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_58105\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2.3061-mm.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58105\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58105\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2.3061-mm-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2.3061-mm-550x310.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2.3061-mm-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2.3061-mm.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-58105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And we then see the other half of the tram as it continues its approach to the stop. (Both Photographs by Michael Morton, 15th April 2025)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester Metrolink M5000 3061 has become the latest tram on the network to carry advertising vinyls with a new design applied for Allied World. 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