{"id":59323,"date":"2025-07-25T22:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T21:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=59323"},"modified":"2025-07-25T19:06:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:06:52","slug":"in-pictures-nottingham-express-transit-232-back-in-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=59323","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Nottingham Express Transit 232 back in service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago we reported how <strong>Nottingham Express Transit Citadis 232<\/strong> had returned to service after coming back from Derby, and now we have the photographic evidence that it is back out on the line!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>232<\/strong> had been out of use for just over two years before it was back by 3<sup>rd<\/sup> July 2025. Its absence was down to damage it sustained when it derailed at Bulwell in a incident which ended up with a RAIB investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The tram lingered on at Wilkinson Street Depot for nearly 12 months before it was agreed to send it to the Alstom facility at Derby. This was where the original Incentro trams were assembled (when it was still owned by Bombardier). It travelled the relatively short distance on 20<sup>th<\/sup> May 2025.<\/p>\n<p>It finally came back to Nottingham in June 2025 and then was prepared and commissioned for service allowing it to be back in early July 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Alstom in Derby is now home to <strong>Incentro 207<\/strong> which is also under repair after accident damage.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59324\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/232-jb.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59324\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59324\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/232-jb-550x370.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/232-jb-550x370.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/232-jb-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/232-jb.jpg 1295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">232 is seen here on Thursday 17th July 2025 as it arrives at Nottingham Station with the 1519 Phoenix Park to Clifton South service. (Photograph by John Binch, 17th July 2025)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago we reported how Nottingham Express Transit Citadis 232 had returned to service after coming back from Derby, and now we have the photographic evidence that it is back out on the line!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59323"}],"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=59323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59325,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59323\/revisions\/59325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}