{"id":58226,"date":"2025-04-26T22:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=58226"},"modified":"2025-04-26T20:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T19:40:36","slug":"in-pictures-seeing-double-in-manchester-as-3038-advertises-soccer-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=58226","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Seeing double in Manchester as 3038 advertises Soccer Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its not that unusual for the same company\/event to advertise on more than one tram, but usually the multiple ads come at around the same time, but not in the case of Soccer Aid and Manchester Metrolink they\u2019re not! Some five weeks since <strong>3031<\/strong> received the first advert, <strong>3038<\/strong> has now received another wrap for the same event in an identical style.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>3031<\/strong> was first seen in its Soccer Aid advert on 17<sup>th<\/sup> March 2025 with <strong>3038<\/strong> noted during the week of 21<sup>st<\/sup> April 2025. The advert is exactly the same with the only difference between the two being the fact that one as a 1 at the end of its fleet number and the other an 8!<\/p>\n<p>These vinyls mark the first time that <strong>3038<\/strong> has had an external advertising contract. Its only previous times out of fleet livery were two designs for Get On Board, a TfGM campaign encouraging people to use public transport in the region. These were carried March 2023-March 2024 and March 2024-December 2024.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58227\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.3038-rh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58227\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58227\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.3038-rh-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.3038-rh-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.3038-rh-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1.3038-rh.jpg 1285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-58227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3038 (running with 3036) is seen with its new vinyls at Market Street with a service to Altrincham.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_58228\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2.3038-rh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58228\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58228\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2.3038-rh-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2.3038-rh-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2.3038-rh-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2.3038-rh.jpg 1285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-58228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial shot of 3038 and 3036 as they run along High Street heading to Market Street and then onto Altrincham. Whilst it doesn\u2019t show a great deal of the advert it does have the advantage of showing the completed trackworks here, which were completed on time to allow normal services to resume on Thursday 24th April 2025. (Both Photographs by Reece Hughes, 25th April 2025)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its not that unusual for the same company\/event to advertise on more than one tram, but usually the multiple ads come at around the same time, but not in the case of Soccer Aid and Manchester Metrolink they\u2019re not! 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